PEWEE

pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens

(noun) small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Imitative, from its note.

pewee (countable and uncountable, plural pewees)

(countable) The common American tyrant flycatcher (of the genus Contopus).

(countable, US, dialect) A woodcock.

(uncountable) An American version of the children's game gilli-danda.

• pee-ew, weepe

Source: Wiktionary

Pe"wee, n. Etym: [So called from its note.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe.

2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.] Wood pewee (Zoöl.), a bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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