tewit

plural tewits · alternative teuchat · alternative teuchit · alternative tewhit · alternative tuchet

1. Northern EnglandScotlandA northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus.

   The crest was a tewit's head and neck erased or.

   1866, Edward Peacock, English Church Furniture, Ornaments and Decorations, page 226

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   My father and uncle searched for a tewit's nest and brought home two eggs which were beaten with milk and sugar for me to eat raw.

   2005, Birds Britannica, page 204

   Once in a while, Banks or Sophia would approach too close to a tewit's ground nest, and the birds would start to panic, twittering and flying nervously back and forth, defending their territory.

   2008, Peter Robinson, All the Colours of Darkness, →ISBN, page 151

   Synonyms: lapwing