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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs [syn: lapwing, green plover, peewit, pewit]
2: small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America [syn: pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens]

Merriam Webster's

also pewit noun Etymology: imitative Date: circa 1529 any of several birds; especially lapwing

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also pewit) 1 a lapwing. 2 its cry. Etymology: imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lapwing Lap"wing`, n. [OE. lapwynke, leepwynke, AS. hle['a]pewince; hle['a]pan to leap, jump + (prob.) a word akin to AS. wincian to wink, E. wink, AS. wancol wavering; cf. G. wanken to stagger, waver. See Leap, and Wink.] (Zo["o]l.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the ``plover's eggs'' of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Peevit Pee"vit, Peewit Pee"wit, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Pewit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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