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noun
Any of various tyrant flycatchers of the genus Contopus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A woodcock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, dialectal
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noun
An American version of the children's game gilli-danda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: peewee, peewit, 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
History
Imitative of the vocalisations of various birds. For the passerine, originally imitative of the vocalisations of the eastern wood pewee, later extended to other members of the same genus.
