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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'lapwing' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions lapwing noun  A bird in the plover family (w:Northern Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus) aka northern lapwing or peewit. Any of various medium-sized wading bird, birds belonging to the subfamily w:Vanellinae, Vanellinae of the family w:Charadriidae, Charadriidae. A silly man. Translations:  French: vanneau (trans-mid) (trans-bottom) Spanish: avefrí­a (trans-bottom) (trans-top, bird belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae) Etymology: hleapewince, hlÄapewince, from hleapan, hlÄapan "to leap" + winc- "sway, totter" (because of its manner of flight). The modern form is partly due to popular etymology.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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