Lapwing

The name of an unclean bird, mentioned only in Lev. 11:19 and Deut. 14:18. The Hebrew name of this bird, dukiphath, has been generally regarded as denoting the hoope (Upupa epops), an onomatopoetic word derived from the cry of the bird, which resembles the word “hoop;” a bird not uncommon in Palestine. Others identify it with the English peewit.

(Heb. duciphath) occurs only in (Leviticus 11:19) and in the parallel passage of (14:18) amongst the list of those birds which were forbidden by the law of Moses to be eaten by the Israelites. Commentators generally agree that the hoopoe is the bird intended. The hoopoe is an occasional visitor to England, arriving for the most part in the autumn. Its crest is very elegant; each of the long feathers forming it is tipped with black.

LAP'WING, doubtless the hoopoe, a bird so named from its call-note, of about the size of the thrush, and of singular appearance and ways. Lev 11:19. Lapwing or Hoopoe. It is abundant in Palestine and the warmer parts of the Old World, and is sometimes seen in England.

LAP'WING, doubtless the hoopoe, a bird so named from its call-note, of about the size of the thrush, and of singular appearance and ways. Lev 11:19. Lapwing or Hoopoe. It is abundant in Palestine and the warmer parts of the Old World, and is sometimes seen in England.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea.