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Peewit   Listen
noun
peewit  n.  
1.
A large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs; the pewit.
Synonyms: lapwing, green plover, pewit, peevit, peerwit.
2.
Any of several small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
Synonyms: pewee, peewee, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens.





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"Peewit" Quotes from Famous Books



... streams like jewelery of diamonds and silver glittering in the sun. The North Downs were hidden, far away beyond the Wealden Heights. Down below was the little village of Cocking, and half-way up the hill, a mile perhaps to the right, hung a flock of sheep grazing together. Overhead an anxious peewit circled against the blue, and every now and then emitted its feeble cry. Up here the heat was tempered by a pleasant breeze. Mr. Hoopdriver was possessed by unreasonable contentment; he lit himself a cigarette ...
— The Wheels of Chance - A Bicycling Idyll • H. G. Wells


Words linked to "Peewit" :   New World flycatcher, green plover, lapwing, plover, peewee, tyrant flycatcher, genus Contopus, western wood pewee, wood pewee, flycatcher, Vanellus, Contopus virens, genus Vanellus


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