how to pronounce lapwing

/ˈlæp.wɪŋ/

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lapwing is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of lapwing in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… no habitat for the for the lapwing so …”

meanings of lapwing

noun:

Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae within family Charadriidae.
The tewit (Vanellus cristatus) (which is a type of lapwing in the first sense).
A silly man.

lapwing frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lapwing occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lapwing can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lapwing can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;