pee·wit

(pē′wĭt′, pyo͞o′ĭt)

Variant of pewit.

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peewit

(ˈpiːwɪt)

(Animals) another name for lapwing

[C16: imitative of its call]

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pe•wit

or pee•wit

(ˈpi wɪt, ˈpyu ɪt)

n.

the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus.

[1520–30; imitative]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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

Translations

Kiebitz

pavoncella

peewit

[ˈpiːwɪt] N → avefría f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

peewit

n → Kiebitz m

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peewit

[ˈpiːˌwɪt] n → pavoncella

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References in classic literature

Here you may find nests of the strong down partridge and peewit, but take care that the keeper isn't down upon you; and in the middle of it is an old cromlech, a huge flat stone raised on seven or eight others, and led up to by a path, with large single stones set up on each side.

View in context

Larks trilled unseen above the velvety green fields and the ice-covered stubble-land; peewits wailed over the low lands and marshes flooded by the pools; cranes and wild geese flew high across the sky uttering their spring calls.

View in context

In appearance and habits it resembles in many respects our peewits; its wings, however, are armed with sharp spurs, like those on the legs of the common cock.

View in context

An alternative name for the lapwing is peewit, which is based on the bird's familiar call, while it is also sometime referred to as the green plover.

GO WILDwith eric paylor

"Peewit", "peasie", "peaswheep", "teuchit" and "chewit" and many more, are all pseudonyms derived from the unique articulations of displaying lapwing.

Seeds of change might aid dwindling species; Country view

Also known as green plover or peewit, the bird was has been placed on the red list - which catalogues birds of conservation concern - after suffering significant decline in recent years.

Floating island plan to reverse lapwing's decline

These non-Smurf tales make up over half of the book, but for pure Smurfophiles, there's "The Flute Smurfers," written by Peyo's son for the fiftieth anniversary of the well-known story "The Smurfs and the Magic Flute." "The Flute Smurfers" serves as a prequel to the earlier tale, and features Johan and Peewit, Johan's sidekick.

The Smurfs and Friends

They are are also responsible for the dramatic decline in numbers of ground nesting birds, like curlew, peewit, skylark, partridge and pheasant.

Wider reasons for badger control; LETTERS

Such was Mike Lockley's sympathetic and ominous piece on the plight of the lapwing, or as my youngsters in their infant years preferred, the peewit (Mail, February 2).

I wish lapwings would come [...]

on a different side for buses here in Cairns)-- A peewit sits on the

Peewit

Convoy Peewit; August 8, 1940; the first day of the Battle of Britain?