noun
Meaning 1
Any of several birds:
northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
peewit
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpiːwɪt/
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/ˈpjuːɪt/ especially, but not always, in the form pewit
noun
Meaning 2
Any of several birds:
laughing gull (Xema ridibundus)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any of several birds:
pewee or peewee
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Any of several birds:
A magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
The sound of the call of one of these birds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pewee, peewee, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird
Narrower terms: western wood pewee, Contopus sordidulus
noun
Meaning 7
large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lapwing, green plover, pewit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plover
History
Etymology
Onomatopoeic; for the pronunciation /ˈpjuːɪt/ and corresponding form pewit, compare leeward, Seward, steward.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: cigoreya — Vanellus vanellus
- Asturian: chova — Vanellus vanellus
- Asturian: neverina — Vanellus vanellus
- Asturian: pegueta — Vanellus vanellus
- Asturian: peguiella — Vanellus vanellus
- Belarusian: кні́гаўка (kníhawka) — Vanellus vanellus
- Belarusian: ка́ня (kánja) — Vanellus vanellus
- Czech: čejka chocholatá — Vanellus vanellus
- French: vanneau huppé — Vanellus vanellus
- German: Kiebitz — Vanellus vanellus
- Irish: pilibín — Vanellus vanellus
- Kalmyk: заарг (zaarg) — Vanellus vanellus
- Scots: teuchat — Vanellus vanellus
- Scottish Gaelic: curracag — Vanellus vanellus
- Scottish Gaelic: adharcan — Vanellus vanellus
- Welsh: cornchwiglen — Vanellus vanellus