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Answer for the clue "Large crested Old World plover ", 5 letters:
pewit

Alternative clues for the word pewit

Lapwing gull
Shrill-voiced bird
Little bird
Plover named for its call
European plover
Plover relative
Northern lapwing

Word definitions for pewit in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context UK English) (alternative form of peewit English)

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"lapwing" (still the usual name for it in Scotland), 1520s, imitative of its cry (compare Flemish piewit-voghel , Middle Low German kivit , German kiwitz ; also see kibitz ).

Usage examples of pewit.

The selection of wildfowl was especially cosmopolitan, including bittern, shoveler, pewit, godwit, quail, dotterl, heronsew, crane, snipe, plover, redshank, pheasant, grouse, and curlew.