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[syn: pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pewee \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.]
1. (Zool.) A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis
ph[oe]be, or Sayornis fuscus). Called also pewit, and
ph[oe]be.
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2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
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Wood pewee (Zool.), a bird (Contopus virens) similar to
the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pewee
n 1: small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North
America [syn: pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood
pewee, Contopus virens]