Definition of Peewit

1. Noun. Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs.

Exact synonyms: Green Plover, Lapwing, Pewit
Generic synonyms: Plover
Group relationships: Genus Vanellus, Vanellus

2. Noun. Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.

Definition of Peewit

1. Noun. any of several birds ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peewit

1. pewit [n -S] - See also: pewit

Medical Definition of Peewit

1. See Pewit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peewit

peeve
peeved
peever
peevers
peeves
peeving
peevish
peevishly
peevishlyer
peevishlyest
peevishness
peevishnesses
peewee
peewee golf
peewees
peewit (current term)
peewits
pefloxacin
peg-and-socket articulation
peg-and-socket joint
peg-leg
peg-legging
peg away
peg back
peg down
peg it
peg leg
peg out
peg top

Literary usage of Peewit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"... peewit, the lapwing. (E.) Also puet (Phillips). Named Irom its plaintive cry ; see Peevish. Pewter. (F. - E. ? ..."

2. Reminiscences of a Falconer by Charles Hawkins Fisher (1901)
"FLIGHTS AT THE peewit NEVER but once have I been able to ... with a trained hawk a perfectly wild peewit. In past years I often attempted this flight, ..."

3. A Gamekeeper's Note-book by Owen Jones, Marcus Woodward (1910)
"peewit no injury whatever to the interests of farmers. The greedy and the thoughtless ... The partridge and the peewit seem to lead almost blameless lives. ..."

4. The Romance of the Animal World: Interesting Descriptions of the Strange by Edmund Selous (1905)
"... FLY CATERPILLAR DEFENCES WASPS AND THEIR VICTIMS A SPIDER CAUGHT ANTS THAT ARE OGRES OSPREY AND EAGLE GULLS AND SKUAS peewit AND BLACK-HEADED GULL. ..."

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