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Peewit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of pewit.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. any of several birds

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs; the pewit.

n. Any of several small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. See pewit.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America

n. large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs

Word Usage

"Invisible larks poured trills over the velvety green fields and the ice-covered stubble, the peewit wept over the hollows and marshes still filled with brown water; high up the cranes and geese flew with their spring honking."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

plover

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

lapwing green plover pewit peevit peerwit pewee peewee wood pewee

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