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spur-winged lapwing

spur-winged lapwing noun: vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.

spur-winged lapwing: vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa
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Noun

spur-winged lapwing (plural spur-winged lapwings)

  1. Vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.

Synonyms of spur-winged lapwing

Forms of spur-winged lapwing

pluralspur-winged lapwings

Questions about spur-winged lapwing

What does spur-winged lapwing mean?
Spur-winged lapwing means vanellus spinosus, a plover of the eastern Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.
What part of speech is spur-winged lapwing?
Spur-winged lapwing is a noun.
What is the plural of spur-winged lapwing?
The plural of spur-winged lapwing is spur-winged lapwings.

Words near spur-winged lapwing in the dictionary

  1. spur-wheel
  2. spur-wheels
  3. spur-winged
  4. spur-winged geese
  5. spur-winged goose
  6. spur-winged lapwing
  7. spur-winged lapwings
  8. spur-winged plover
  9. spur-winged plovers
  10. spurcities
  11. spurcity

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