peewit

Other forms: peewits

Definitions of peewit
  1. noun
    large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
    synonyms: green plover, lapwing, pewit
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    type of:
    plover
    any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
  2. noun
    small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
    synonyms: Contopus virens, peewee, pewee, pewit, wood pewee
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    types:
    Contopus sordidulus, western wood pewee
    small flycatcher of western North America
    type of:
    New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher
    large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
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