tewit

English

Alternative forms

• teuchat, teuchit, tewhit, tuchet

Etymology

Echoic, from the bird's cry.

Noun

tewit (plural tewits)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) A northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus.
   • 1866, Edward Peacock, English Church Furniture, Ornaments and Decorations, page 226:

     The crest was a tewit's head and neck erased or.

   • 2005, Birds Britannica, page 204:

     My father and uncle searched for a tewit's nest and brought home two eggs which were beaten with milk and sugar for me to eat raw.

   • 2008, Peter Robinson, All the Colours of Darkness, →ISBN, page 151:

     Once in a while, Banks or Sophia would approach too close to a tewit's ground nest, and the birds would start to panic, twittering and flying nervously back and forth, defending their territory.

Synonyms

• lapwing

Anagrams

• Witte, twite