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Meanings of lapwing in inglês
português
quero-quero Sinônimos
Examples for "peewit"
Examples for "peewit"
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.
Usage of lapwing in inglês
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-nolapwing could fly faster over corn.
16
My first lapwing was disturbed from the nest.
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