: a crested Old World plover (Vanellus vanellus) noted for its slow irregular flapping flight and shrill wailing cry
also
: any of several related plovers
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Birds like lapwings and curlews were vanishing from the skies above our farm.
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James Rebanks
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In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring.
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Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer,
Anchorage Daily News,
10 Apr. 2018
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James Rebanks
june 26,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring.
—
Author: Livia Albeck Ripka, Brad Plumer,
Anchorage Daily News,
10 Apr. 2018
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“Lapwing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lapwing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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