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peewit

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pee·wit  (pwt, pyt)
n.
Variant of pewit.
peewit or pewit
Noun
same as lapwing [imitative of its call]
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Noun1.peewitpeewit - 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.peewitpeewit - 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
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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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