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rus
vanellinae
portuguès
vanellus
espanyol
vanellinae
Subfamily of birds.
vanellinae
taxon
rus
vanellinae
portuguès
quero-quero
Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs.
peewit
pewit
green plover
portuguès
quero-quero
peewit
pewit
green plover
1
No; it was flying after a
peewit
,
and the dog caught it.
2
He could imagine it uttering the vibrant, plaintive cry of a
peewit
.
3
As he went the cry of a
peewit
rose in the morning air
4
It was a haunt of the cuckoo and
peewit
,
the bunting and carrion crow.
5
Nay, it is my man Dick, calling like a
peewit
.
1
Remember the
pewit
call if we lose sight of each other.
2
She puckered her lips and gave the
pewit
call, but there was no answer.
3
If you see a man, keep still in your places and give the
pewit
call.
4
I, too, heard the
pewit
's
plaint in my childhood and caught the sun-fish in the brook.
5
He gave the
pewit
's
call and waited.
1
One alone amongst them, the
green
plover
,
was opposed to this.
2
Then the
green
plover
came in crying, and all alighted.
3
Green
plover
,
or lapwings, are numerous enough on the Cotswolds.
4
Upon approaching the rising ground at Ewell
green
plovers
or peewits become plentiful in the cornfields.
5
The
green
plovers
are the only things of life that save the earth from utter loneliness.
1
Suddenly it put forth wings, turned into a
lapwing
and flew away.
2
Up in the heather the
lapwing
flew about flapping her wings.
3
The curlew is saying good-night to the
lapwing
on the hill.
4
Putrid fish and the remains of a black-crested
lapwing
floated in the willows.
5
The
lapwing
is a kind of plover, and is very swift of foot.
6
Then Ailsa disappeared and like a
lapwing
ran across the moorland.
7
Does the
lapwing
defend its young with as much courage as the hen?
8
In "Much Ado about Nothing" we get a glimpse of the
lapwing
:
-
9
She also painted some of Ireland's endangered birds such as yellowhammer,
lapwing
and curlew.
10
We're losing much-loved species like snipe or
lapwing
completely from southern parts of England now.
11
You can't walk a dozen paces without hearing the calls of breeding curlew and
lapwing
.
12
Wearing the
lapwing
is a mildly anxiety-inducing procedure.
13
Low and plaintive come the notes of a
lapwing
;
the same notes, but tender with love.
14
Interpreting similarly the
lapwing
's
cry, they retaliate with:-
15
Why, she had cheeks like yours, and she would
run
-
no
lapwing
could fly faster over corn.
16
My first
lapwing
was disturbed from the nest.
lapwing
dear lapwing
adopt the lapwing
argentine lapwing
crest lapwing
first lapwing
rus
vanellinae
portuguès
vanellus
quero-quero
espanyol
vanellinae