Meanings
nounsouthern lapwing (plural southern lapwings)
plural southern lapwings
- Vanellus chilensis, a wader in the order Charadriiformes, found in Central and South America.
Synonyms: Cayenne lapwing, queltehue, treile, teru-tero
Synonyms & antonyms
nounVanellus chilensis, a wader in the order Charadriiformes, found in Central and South America.
Translations
Portuguese quero-quero
- quero-queroVanellus chilensis
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APA
southern lapwing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southern%20lapwing
MLA
“southern lapwing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southern%20lapwing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “southern lapwing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southern%20lapwing.
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