n.
Any of several Old World birds of the genus Vanellus related to the plovers, especially V. vanellus, having a narrow crest and erratic flight behavior. Also called green plover.
[By folk etymology from Middle English lapwink, hoopoe, lapwing, from Old English hl
apewince : hlapan, to leap + *wincan, to waver.]
apewince : hlapan, to leap + *wincan, to waver.]The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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