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lapwing noun.
[Old English hleapewince, formed as LEAP verb + base (meaning 'move sideways or from side to side') of WINK verb1, assim. to LAP verb2, WING noun: named from its manner of flight.]
Any of several mostly black and white plovers of the genus Vanellus, which have a crested head, wattles, and wing spurs and occur in most temperate and tropical regions except N. America; spec. the peewit or green plover, V. vanellus, of Europe and Asia.
wattled lapwing: see WATTLED 2.