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Definition of Pewit

1. Noun. Small black-headed European gull.

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

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

Definition of Pewit

1. n. The lapwing.

Definition of Pewit

1. Noun. (U.K.) (alternative form of peewit) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pewit

1. the lapwing [n -S] - See also: lapwing

Medical Definition of Pewit

1. The lapwing. The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See Laughing. The pewee. Alternative forms: peevit, peewit, pewet. Origin: Prob. Of imitative origin; cf. OD. Piewit, D. Kievit, G. Kibitz. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pewit

peuce peucedanin peuces peucil peutz-jeghers syndrome pew pewee pewees pewet pewfellow

pewfellows pewful pewfuls pewholder pewholders pewit (current term) pewit gull pewits pewlike pewmate

pewmates pews pewter pewterer pewterers pewters pewterware pewterwares pewtery pewtre

Literary usage of Pewit

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

1. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1857)
"pewit GULL. LARUS RIDIBUNDUS. THE pewit Gull is one of the most numerous of the gull species on the coast of Great Britain during the winter months, ..."

2. Short Sketches of the Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands by Charles St. John (1893)
"THE pewit is the first bird that visits us for the purpose of nidification. About the middle of February a solitary pewit appears, or perhaps a pair, ..."

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