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pe·wit

also pee·wit P0152075 (pē′wĭt′, pyo͞o′ĭt)n. See northern lapwing.

[Imitative of its call.]

(ˈpiːwɪt) n (Animals) another name for lapwing[C13: imitative of the bird's cry]

(ˈpi wɪt, ˈpyu ɪt)

n. the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus. [1520–30; imitative]

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Noun	1.	pewit - small black-headed European gull Larus ridibundus, laughing gull, pewit gull, blackcapsea gull, seagull, gull - mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legsgenus Larus, Larus - type genus of the Laridae
	2.	pewit - large crested Old World plover having wattles and spursgreen plover, lapwing, peewitplover - any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipersgenus Vanellus, Vanellus - Eurasian lapwings
	3.	pewit - small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North AmericaContopus virens, pewee, wood pewee, peewee, peewitNew 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

pewit

Related to pewit: pewit gull