peewit

Other forms: peewits

Definitions of peewit

1. noun

   large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
   synonyms: green plover, lapwing, pewit

   type of:

   plover

   any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
2. noun

   small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
   synonyms: Contopus virens, peewee, pewee, pewit, wood pewee

   types:

   Contopus sordidulus, western wood pewee

   small flycatcher of western North America

   type of:

   New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher

   large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing