The Clue
Lapwing (5 letter answer)
The Answer
PEWIT
Tags
Notes
The answer PEWIT is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
Related Clues
Plover named for its call
Definition
PEWIT as a noun:
1. (laughing gull, blackcap, pewit, pewit gull, Larus ridibundus) = small black-headed European gull
2. (lapwing, green plover, peewit, pewit) = large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
3. (pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens) = small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America