lapwing
noun
lap·wing ˈlap-ˌwiŋ 
: a crested Old World plover (Vanellus vanellus) noted for its slow irregular flapping flight and shrill wailing cry
also : any of several related plovers
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Recent bird sightings as reported to the Massachusetts Audubon Society:The most notable sightings from last week were a Northern lapwing at Nasketucket Bay State Reservation in Mattapoisett and a mew gull at Broad Cove in Somerset. 
BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2019 Electricity is intermittent and the main source of fuel is buffalo dung, the scent of which drifts through the air along with the tweets and chirrups of red-wattled lapwings. The Economist, 25 Oct. 2019 Some are vulnerable or endangered, including the Euphrates softshell turtle and the red‐wattled lapwing, according to the Guardian’s Constanze Letsch. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 12 Sep. 2019 In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring. Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018 In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring. Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018 In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring. Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018 In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring. Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018 In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring. Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018 See More
BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2019 Electricity is intermittent and the main source of fuel is buffalo dung, the scent of which drifts through the air along with the tweets and chirrups of red-wattled lapwings. The Economist, 25 Oct. 2019 Some are vulnerable or endangered, including the Euphrates softshell turtle and the red‐wattled lapwing, according to the Guardian’s Constanze Letsch. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 12 Sep. 2019 In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring. Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018 In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring. Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018 In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring. Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018 In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring. Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018 In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring. Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, by folk etymology from Old English hlēapewince; akin to Old English hlēapan to leap and to Old English wincian to wink
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above