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lapwing
lapwing [-'s]
n
OE
hléapewince
>
hleapan
, to leap +
winc
-, to totter or waver.
Bird of the genus Tringa named for its manner of flight; fowl that uses a skillfully deceptive means of drawing away potential enemies from its nest.