lapwing

noun3

1. •
   Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.

   • Plovers and lapwings are a large, virtually worldwide family that differs from sandpipers in, among other things, having a shorter, thicker, pigeonlike bill and more robust proportions. — 1986
2. •
   The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
3. •
   (no longer used) A silly man.

   • This lapwing runs away with the shell on his head. — 1599