PEWIT

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

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

lapwing, green plover, peewit, pewit

(noun) large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

pewit (plural pewits)

(UK) Alternative form of peewit

Source: Wiktionary


Pe"wit, n. Etym: [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. OD. piewit, D. kievit, G. kibitz.] (Zoöl.) (a) The lapwing. (b) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See under Laughing. (c) The pewee. [Written also peevit, peewit, pewet.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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24 March 2025

STACCATO

(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”


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