Ornith. Also -olle. [ad. mod.L. Squatarola, a. local It. squatarola.] The grey or Swiss plover, Squatarola helvetica.
1819. Stephens, in Shaw, Gen. Zool., XI. 505. Squatarolle with the body grey.
1870. Gillmore, trans. Figuier’s Reptiles & Birds, 348. There are in Europe two species of this genus, the Lapwing and the Swiss Lapwing or Squatarole.
