Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs.
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.
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