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European plover
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pewit
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context UK English) (alternative form of peewit English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small black-headed European gull [syn: laughing gull , blackcap , pewit gull , Larus ridibundus ] large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs [syn: lapwing , green plover , peewit ] small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"lapwing" (still the usual name for it in Scotland), 1520s, imitative of its cry (compare Flemish piewit-voghel , Middle Low German kivit , German kiwitz ; also see kibitz ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pewee \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.] (Zo["o]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ( Sayornis ph[oe]be , or Sayornis fuscus ). Called also pewit , and ph[oe]be . The woodcock. [Local, U.S.] Wood pewee (Zo["o]l.), a bird ( Contopus virens ) similar ...
Usage examples of pewit.
The selection of wildfowl was especially cosmopolitan, including bittern, shoveler, pewit, godwit, quail, dotterl, heronsew, crane, snipe, plover, redshank, pheasant, grouse, and curlew.