wood pewee

/wʊd ˌpiˈwi/
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Definitions of wood pewee
  1. noun
    small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
    synonyms: Contopus virens, peewee, peewit, pewee, pewit
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    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
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