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peevit |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peevit \Pee"vit\, Peewit \Pee"wit\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See {Pewit}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.]
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