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Vanellinae are any of various crested plovers, family Charadriidae, noted for its slow, irregular wingbeat in flight and a shrill, wailing cry. Its length is 10-16 ...

Lapwing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the Peewit, Green Plover or (in the British Isles) just Lapwing, is a bird in the plover family. It is common ...

Northern Lapwing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

any of a genus ( Vanellus ) of black-and-white plovers; esp., an Old World crested species ( V. vanellus ) with broad, rounded wings, noted for spectacular aerial ...

lapwing - Definition of lapwing

lap·wing (l p w ng) n. Any of several Old World birds of the genus Vanellus related to the plovers, especially V. vanellus, having a narrow crest and erratic flight ...

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any of numerous species of birds of the plover family, Charadriidae (order Charadriiformes), especially the Eurasian lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, of farmlands and ...

lapwing (bird) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Definition of LAPWING: a crested Old World plover (Vanellus vanellus) noted for its slow irregular flapping flight and shrill wailing cry; also: any of several ...