Associations to the word «Lapwing»

Wiktionary

LAPWING, noun. Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae within family Charadriidae.
LAPWING, noun. A silly man.

Dictionary definition

LAPWING, noun. Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats