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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

peewit

· IPA /ˈpiːwɪt/
01 n. A large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs; the pewit.
  1. 1.
    A large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs; the pewit.
  2. 2.
    Any of several small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
Syn. lapwing, green plover, pewit, peevit, peerwit. — Syn. -- pewee, peewee, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens.