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Black-headed gull
Answer for the clue "Black-headed gull ", 5 letters:
pewit
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Word definitions for pewit in dictionaries
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 ).
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.