(Northern England, Scotland) A northern lapwing, .
(Northern England, Scotland) A northern lapwing, .
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(UK, Lancashire) the lapwing.
A Lancashire dialect name for the lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), a common British wading bird known for its distinctive call. The name is likely imitative of the bird's cry. Dialect bird names like this were once common across English regional speech and are now mainly of interest to dialectologists and bird enthusiasts.
(UK, archaic, dialect, East Anglia, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire) A bird, the lapwing or peewit.
(Yorkshire, birdwatching) the black-tailed godwit.
Any of several birds.