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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -lapw-, *lapw*
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WordNet (3.0)
lapwing(n) large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs, Syn. peewit, green plover, pewit

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Lapwing

n. [ OE. lapwynke, leepwynke, AS. hleápewince; hleápan to leap, jump + (prob.) a word akin to AS. wincian to wink, E. wink, AS. wancol wavering; cf. G. wanken to stagger, waver. See Leap, and Wink. ] (Zool.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or Vanellus vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the “plover's eggs” of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lapwork

n. Work in which one part laps over another. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

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