Peevit \Pee"vit\, Peewit \Pee"wit\, n. (Zool.) See {Pewit}. [1913 Webster]
Pewit \Pe"wit\, n. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. OD. piewit, D. kievit, G. kibitz.] (Zool.) (a) The lapwing. (b) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull ({Xema ridibundus}). See under {Laughing}. (c) The pewee. [Written also {peevit}, {peewit}, {pewet}.] [1913 Webster]