Definition: pewit

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

pewit
     n 1: small black-headed European gull [syn: laughing gull, blackcap,
           pewit gull, Larus ridibundus]
     2: large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
        [syn: lapwing, green plover, peewit]
     3: small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North
        America [syn: pewee, peewee, peewit, wood pewee, Contopus
        virens]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)


   Laughing goose (Zo["o]l.), the European white-fronted
      goose.

   Laughing gull. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); -- called
       also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and sea
       crow.
   (b) An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head
       is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer
       primaries black.

   Laughing hyena (Zo["o]l.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena.
      

   Laughing jackass (Zo["o]l.), the great brown kingfisher
      (Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also giant
      kingfisher, and gogobera.

   Laughing owl (Zo["o]l.), a peculiar owl (Sceloglaux
      albifacies) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of
      extinction. The name alludes to its notes.

Pewee \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis
      ph[oe]be, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and
      ph[oe]be.

   2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.]

   Wood pewee (Zo["o]l.), a bird (Contopus virens) similar
      to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size.

Pewit \Pe"wit\, n. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. OD. piewit,
   D. kievit, G. kibitz.] (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The lapwing.
      (b) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema
          ridibundus). See under Laughing.
      (c) The pewee. [Written also peevit, peewit, pewet.]