lapwing (n.)
type of plover [bird with wily methods of escaping the notice of predators; associated with amorous intrigue]
MA III.i.24[Hero to Ursula] look where Beatrice, like a lapwing, runs
MM I.iv.32[Lucio to Isabella] 'tis my familiar sin / With maids to seem the lapwing and to jest
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