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pewee


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pewee  \Pe"wee\,  n.  [So  called  from  its  note.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  common  American  tyrant  flycatcher  ({Sayornis 
  ph[oe]be},  or  {S.  fuscus}).  Called  also  {pewit},  and 
  {ph[oe]be}. 
 
  2.  The  woodcock.  [Local,  U.S.] 
 
  {Wood  pewee}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  bird  ({Contopus  virens})  similar 
  to  the  pewee  (See  {Pewee},  1),  but  of  smaller  size. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pewee 
  n  :  small  olive-colored  woodland  flycatchers  of  eastern  North 
  America  [syn:  {peewee},  {peewit},  {pewit},  {wood  pewee}, 
  {Contopus  virens}] 




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