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pewee
pe·wee also pee·wee P0152000 (pē′wē)n. Any of various small, often olive-gray flycatchers of the genus Contopus of the Americas, especially a wood pewee.
[Imitative of its call.]pewee (ˈpiːwiː) or peeween (Animals) any of several small North American flycatchers of the genus Contopus, having a greenish-brown plumage[C19: imitative of its cry]pe•wee (ˈpi wi)
n. any of several New World flycatchers of the genus Contopus. [1790–1800, Amer.; imitative] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  pewee - small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North AmericaContopus virens, wood pewee, peewee, peewit, pewitNew World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, flycatcher - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wingContopus, genus Contopus - peweesContopus sordidulus, western wood pewee - small flycatcher of western North America |
pewee
pewee: see flycatcherflycatcher,
common name for various members of the Old World family Muscicapidae, insectivorous songbirds including the kingbirds, phoebes, and pewees. Flycatchers vary in color from drab to brilliant, as in the crested monarch and paradise flycatchers of Asia and Africa.
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Synonyms for peweenoun small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North AmericaSynonyms- Contopus virens
- wood pewee
- peewee
- peewit
- pewit
Related Words- New World flycatcher
- tyrant bird
- tyrant flycatcher
- flycatcher
- Contopus
- genus Contopus
- Contopus sordidulus
- western wood pewee
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