Meaning of PEWEE
| Pronunciation: | | 'peewee
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America |
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| | Synonyms: | | Contopus virens, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee |
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| | See Also: | | Contopus, Contopus sordidulus, flycatcher, genus Contopus, New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, western wood pewee | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis
ph[oe]be}, or {S. fuscus}). Called also {pewit}, and
{ph[oe]be}.
2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
{Wood pewee} (Zo["o]l.), a bird ({Contopus virens}) similar
to the pewee (See {Pewee}, 1), but of smaller size.
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