Pewee

2 definitions found

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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pewee
       n : small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North
           America [syn: {peewee}, {peewit}, {pewit}, {wood pewee},
           {Contopus virens}]