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peewit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun peewit has 2 senses
- peewit(n = noun.animal) green plover, lapwing, pewit - large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs; Array is a kind of plover
- peewit(n = noun.animal) contopus virens, peewee, 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 genus vanellus, vanellus
is a member of contopus, genus contopus
has particulars: contopus sordidulus, western wood pewee
CIDE DICTIONARY
peewit, n.
See Pewit. [1913 Webster]
peewit, n.
- A large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs; the pewit. [WordNet 1.5]
- Any of several small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America. [WordNet 1.5]
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