peewit

peewit
    n 1: large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
         [syn: {lapwing}, {green plover}, {peewit}, {pewit}]
    2: small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North
       America [syn: {pewee}, {peewee}, {peewit}, {pewit}, {wood
       pewee}, {Contopus virens}]
    

Peevit \Pee"vit\, Peewit \Pee"wit\, n. (Zool.)
   See {Pewit}.
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peewit \peewit\ n.
   A large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs;
   the pewit.

   Syn: lapwing, green plover, pewit, peevit, peerwit.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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

   Syn: pewee, peewee, pewit, wood pewee, {Contopus virens}.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    

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}.]
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Lapwing \Lap"wing`\, n. [OE. lapwynke, leepwynke, AS.
   hle['a]pewince; hle['a]pan to leap, jump + (prob.) a word
   akin to AS. wincian to wink, E. wink, AS. wancol wavering;
   cf. G. wanken to stagger, waver. See {Leap}, and {Wink}.]
   (Zool.)
   A small European bird of the Plover family ({Vanellus
   cristatus}, or {Vanellus vanellus}). It has long and broad
   wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards,
   downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish
   bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the London
   market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also {peewit},
   {dastard plover}, and {wype}. The {gray lapwing} is the
   {Squatarola cinerea}.
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