: any of various small largely gray or olive-colored American flycatchers (genus Contopus)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebDead migratory birds -- which include species such as warblers, bluebirds, sparrows, blackbirds, the western wood pewee and flycatchers -- are also being found in Colorado, Texas and Mexico. Alaa Elassar, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020 There were also 22 double-crested cormorants, two bald eagles, two American kestrels, 11 Eastern wood-pewees, and 23 red-eyed vireos.BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2019 The wooded areas hold Eastern wood-pewees, summer tanagers and red-eyed vireos. Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 4 May 2018 The migrant wildlife is gone, the pewees, vireos and wood thrushes all far to the south by now. Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2017
Word History
Etymology
imitative
First Known Use
1796, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
pewee
noun
pe·wee ˈpē-ˌwē
: a small grayish or greenish brown bird that eats flying insects