Meaning of PEWIT
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- [n] small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
- [n] large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
- [n] small black-headed European gull
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| | Synonyms: | | blackcap, Contopus virens, green plover, lapwing, Larus ridibundus, laughing gull, peewee, peewit, pewee, pewit gull, wood pewee |
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| | See Also: | | Contopus, Contopus sordidulus, flycatcher, genus Contopus, genus Larus, genus Vanellus, gull, Larus, New World flycatcher, plover, sea gull, seagull, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, Vanellus, western wood pewee | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pe"wit\, n. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. OD. piewit,
D. kievit, G. kibitz.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The lapwing.
(b) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull ({Xema
ridibundus}). See under {Laughing}.
(c) The pewee. [Written also {peevit}, {peewit}, {pewet}.]
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