kiewietn.
/ˈkiːviːt/, /ˈkɪvɪt/, U.S. /ˈkivit/, /ˈkɪvɪt/, South African English /ˈkiːviːt/, /ˈkɪvɪt/ South African.
The crowned lapwing, Vanellus (or Stephanibyx) coronatus.
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1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope I. iv. 153 Flocks of keuvitts..towards the dusk of the evening, screamed out a disagreeable sound resembling that of the name they bear.
1818 C. I. La Trobe Jrnl. Visit S. Afr. vi. 131 Some kivits, or plovers, were the only birds..we saw, during several hours' ride.
1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 294 The ‘Kiewit’ makes known its presence by its loud plaintive call.
1896 H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. 121 The cry of one or two night birds may be heard—the dikkop and kiewitje plovers.
1936 E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 139 Crowned Lapwing, Kiewiet; Stephanibyx coronatus. The commonest and most generally distributed of the dry-land plovers in South Africa.
1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn ix. 114 The moonlit nights when dikkops and the kievietjes screamed as they flew to water.
1957 G. R. McLachlan & R. Liversidge Roberts's Birds S. Afr. 131 Crowned plover. Kiewietjie... Widespread but local all over South Africa to north-eastern Africa.
1964 P. A. Clancey Birds Natal & Zululand 156 Vanellus coronatus... Not normally shy, but extremely vociferous, uttering a harsh cry which has given rise to its local name of ‘kiewit’.
1974 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 7 Nov. 5 The wide-eyed appearance of this ‘kiewietjie’ yesterday, nesting on a lawn,..is understandable after it had to sit through the surrounding Guy Fawkes celebrations this week.
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