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Definition of Peewit
1. Noun. Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs.
Generic synonyms: Plover
Group relationships: Genus Vanellus, Vanellus
2. Noun. Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
Generic synonyms: Flycatcher, New World Flycatcher, Tyrant Bird, Tyrant Flycatcher
Group relationships: Contopus, Genus Contopus
Specialized synonyms: Contopus Sordidulus, Western Wood Pewee
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Peewit
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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