lapwing
The term lapwing denotes:
Birds:
- in the narrower sense the bird species Vanellus vanellus from the plover family, see Lapwing (species)
- in a broader sense, other species of the Vanellus bird genus , see lapwing
- in a still broader sense the subfamily of plovers, also called lapwing, see lapwing (subfamily)
- a heraldic animal in heraldry, see lapwing ( heraldic animal)
People:
- Franz Kiebitz (1878–1962), German high-frequency technician
Aircraft:
- an unmanned helicopter type, see Dornier Kiebitz
- a double-decker from Focke-Wulf, see Focke-Wulf S 24
- an ultralight aircraft from the Platzer company, see Platzer Kiebitz
Places:
- a district of the town of Falkenberg / Elster in the Brandenburg district of Elbe-Elster, see Kiebitz (Falkenberg / Elster)
- a district of the municipality of Ostrau in the Saxon district of central Saxony, see Kiebitz (Ostrau)
Others:
- Name of an ancient Egyptian people in the Nile Delta region, see Rechit
- For some board and card games (e.g. chess or skat) spectators who watch a game without influencing the players in any way, see Lapwing (game observer)
- a former weekly newspaper in the city of Illnau-Effretikon, see Kiebitz (newspaper)
- a former political party in Vorarlberg, see Kiebitz (citizen list)
- Operation Kiebitz , a failed operation of the Kriegsmarine to free German officers from a Canadian prison camp in 1943
See also:
Wiktionary: Lapwing - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
