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pee·wit  (pwt, pyt)

n.

Variant of pewit.

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peewit or pewit

Noun

same as lapwing [imitative of its call]

Thesaurus

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