Peevit

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peevit \Pee"vit\, Peewit \Pee"wit\, n. (Zool.)
     See {Pewit}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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