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Pewit   Listen
noun
Pewit  n.  (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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"Pewit" Quotes from Famous Books



... Point. Kievit, or kiewit, is the bird pewit. Hans Eencluys in the manuscript, according to N.Y. Col. Doc., I. 287. "Contrary to the law of nations, regardless of right or wrong." Brouwerye, brewery, in the printed pamphlet, ...
— Narrative of New Netherland • J. F. Jameson, Editor


Words linked to "Pewit" :   Larus ridibundus, tyrant flycatcher, western wood pewee, New World flycatcher, gull, genus Vanellus, Contopus, seagull, wood pewee, blackcap, Contopus virens, pewit gull, Vanellus, laughing gull, plover, Contopus sordidulus, peewit, green plover, pewee, genus Contopus, genus Larus, flycatcher


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