peewit

pee·wit (p

, py

Variant of pewit.

peewit [ˈpiːwɪt]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for lapwing

[imitative of its call]

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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

peewit [ˈpiːwɪt] N → avefría f

peewit

n → Kiebitz m

peewit [ˈpiːˌwɪt] n → pavoncella

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Bird Contopus Contopus sordidulus Contopus virens flycatcher genus Contopus genus Vanellus green plover lapwing New World flycatcher peewee pewee pewit plover tyrant bird tyrant flycatcher Vanellus western wood pewee wood pewee	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. Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context As our peewit takes its name from the sound of its voice, so does the teru-tero. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles 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. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context	peeptoe peepul peer peer group peer of the realm peer pressure peer review peer-to-peer peer-to-peer network peerage Peerdom peeress peerie peerless Peert Peerweet peetweet peeve peeved peevers peevish peevishly peevishness Peevit peewee peewit peg peg away peg board peg climbing peg down Peg ladder peg leg peg out Peg tankard Peg tooth peg top peg up Peg-Board peg-top Pegador Pegasean Pegasoid Pegasus pegboard pegged pegged-down Pegger pegging pegleg Pegm	Peetree dish Peetree dish peetweet PEEU Peeva, Vela peeve peeve peeve peeved peeved peeved peevers peeves peeves peeves peeving peeving peeving peevish peevish peevishly peevishly peevishness peevishness Peevit PEEW peewee peewee peewees peewees peewit peewits PEEX PEEZ PEF PEF PEFA PEFBA PEFC PEFCC PEFCO PEFCO PEFCS PEFCU PEFD PEFE Peff Peffer Western Environmental Education Program PEFFT PEFG PEFGA pefgt PEFI PEFIN PEFINDO PEFL Pefloxacin

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Bird
Contopus
Contopus sordidulus
Contopus virens
flycatcher
genus Contopus
genus Vanellus
green plover
lapwing
New World flycatcher
peewee
pewee
pewit
plover
tyrant bird
tyrant flycatcher
Vanellus
western wood pewee
wood pewee

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.

Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context

As our peewit takes its name from the sound of its voice, so does the teru-tero.

The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles 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.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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