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Pewit

noun

Small black-headed European gull. Synonyms: blackcap, Larus ridibundus, laughing gull, pewit gull.

Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs. Synonyms: green plover, lapwing, peewit.

Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America. Synonyms: Contopus virens, peewee, peewit, pewee, wood pewee.

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"Pewit" Quotes from Famous Books

... Schuhu! Tu-whit! Tu-whit! Are the jay, and owl, and pewit All awake and loudly calling? What goes through the bushes yonder? Can it be the Salamander— Belly thick and legs a-sprawling? Roots and fibres, snake-like, crawling, Out from rocky, sandy places, Wheresoe'er we turn our faces, Stretch enormous ...

— Faust • Goethe

Words linked to "Pewit" : blackcap, New World flycatcher, genus Larus, tyrant flycatcher, Contopus virens, western wood pewee, genus Contopus, gull, Contopus, Contopus sordidulus, Vanellus, plover, genus Vanellus, seagull, Larus, flycatcher, tyrant bird, sea gull