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southern lapwing

southern lapwing noun: vanellus chilensis, a wader in the order Charadriiformes, found in Central and South America.

southern lapwing: vanellus chilensis, a wader in the order Charadriiformes, found in Central and South America
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Noun

southern lapwing (plural southern lapwings)

  1. Vanellus chilensis, a wader in the order Charadriiformes, found in Central and South America.
    Synonyms:
    Cayenne lapwing, queltehue, treile, teru-tero

Synonyms of southern lapwing

Forms of southern lapwing

pluralsouthern lapwings

Questions about southern lapwing

What does southern lapwing mean?
Southern lapwing means vanellus chilensis, a wader in the order Charadriiformes, found in Central and South America.
What part of speech is southern lapwing?
Southern lapwing is a noun.
What is the plural of southern lapwing?
The plural of southern lapwing is southern lapwings.

Words near southern lapwing in the dictionary

  1. Southern Kurdish
  2. southern lady's slipper
  3. southern lady's slippers
  4. southern lamprey
  5. southern lampreys
  6. southern lapwing
  7. southern lapwings
  8. Southern Leyte
  9. southern lights
  10. southern litter skink
  11. southern litter skinks

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