wood pewee

wood pewee

n.

Either of two small pewees, Contopus virens of the eastern United States or C. sordidulus of western North America, living in wooded areas.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wood pewee - small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America Contopus virens, pewee, peewee, peewit, 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