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peewee
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Noun peewee has 2 senses
- peewee(n = noun.person) half-pint, runt, shrimp - disparaging terms for small people; Array is a kind of small person
- peewee(n = noun.animal) contopus virens, peewit, pewee, pewit, wood pewee - small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America; Array is a kind of flycatcher, new world flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher
is a member of contopus, genus contopus
has particulars: contopus sordidulus, western wood pewee
THESAURUS
peewee
Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, bairn, bantam, banty, bitsy, bitty, brownie, button, cherub, child, chit, darling, diminutive, dwarf, dwarfish, elf, featherweight, fine, fingerling, gnome, homunculus, innocent, itsy-bitsy, kid, kitten, lamb, lambkin, lightweight, lilliputian, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, manikin, midge, midget, mini, miniature, minikin, minnow, minny, minute, mite, mouse, nipper, nubbin, offspring, pip-squeak, pony, pygmy, runt, shaver, shrimp, slip, small fry, snip, snippet, tad, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, tit, tot, wart, wee, wee tot, wisp
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