pewit

Other forms: pewits

Definitions of pewit

1. noun

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

   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 black-headed European gull
   synonyms: Larus ridibundus, blackcap, laughing gull, pewit gull

   type of:

   gull, sea gull, seagull

   mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
3. noun

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