lap|wing

lap|wing
lap|wing «LAP WIHNG», noun.
a plover of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. the lapwing has a crested head, a slow, irregular flight, and a peculiar wailing cry; pewit; weep.
[alteration of Old English hlēapewince < hlēapan to leap + -wince tottering (see related etym. at wink (Cf.wink)); spelling influenced by English lap2 and wing]

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