Peewit synonyms

pē'wĭt', pyo͝o'ĭt

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Pewee
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pewee
An American version of the children's game Gilli-danda
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peewee
One, such as a child, that is relatively or unusually small.
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wood-pewee
Either of two small migratory pewees, Contopus virens, which breeds in eastern North America, or C. sordidulus, which breeds in western North America.
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Contopus virens
small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
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lapwing
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae within family Charadriidae.
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green-plover
(UK) the lapwing.
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Peewit Sentence Examples

  • Among the birds of the island are the eagle, hawk, petrel, owl, finch, peewit, diamond bird, fire-tail, robin, emu-wren, crow, swallow, magpie, blackcap, goatsucker, quail, ground dove, parrot, lark, mountain thrush, cuckoo, wattlebird, whistling duck, honeybird, Cape Barren goose, penguin duck, waterhen, snipe, albatross and laughing jackass.

  • We saw peewit, swan, heron, shellduck and other duck on the landward side of the path.

  • Hence the names peewit, peaseweep and teuchit, commonly applied in some parts of Britain to this bird - though the first is that by which one of the smaller gulls, Larus ridibundus (see Gull), is known in the districts it frequents.

  • Back To Bird Index LAPWING Lapwing - peewit - green plover - these are different names for the same bird.

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