pewit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small black-headed European gull
    blackcap; pewit gull; laughing gull; Larus ridibundus.
  2. noun large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
    lapwing; green plover; peewit.
  3. noun small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
    peewee; Contopus virens; peewit; pewee; wood pewee.

WordNet

Pe"wit noun
Etymology
Prob. of imitative origin; cf. OD. piewit, D. kievit, G. kibitz.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (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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