Lapwing
WordNet
noun
(1) Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From hlēapewince, from hlēapan ‘to leap’ + *winc- ‘sway, totter’ (because of its manner of flight). The modern form is partly due to popular etymology.
Noun
- Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae of the family Charadriidae.
- A silly man.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet , Act V Scene 2,
- This lapwing runs away with the shell on his head.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet , Act V Scene 2,