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pewit |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: {Laughing goose} (Zo["o]l.), the European white-fronted goose. {Laughing gull}. (Zo["o]l.) a A common European gull ({Xema ridibundus}); -- called also {pewit}, {black cap}, {red-legged gull}, and {sea crow}. b An American gull ({Larus atricilla}). In summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black. {Laughing hyena} (Zo["o]l.), the spotted hyena. See {Hyena}. {Laughing jackass} (Zo["o]l.), the great brown kingfisher ({Dacelo gigas}), of Australia; -- called also {giant kingfisher}, and {gogobera}. {Laughing owl} (Zo["o]l.), a peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux albifacies}) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludes to its notes. 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 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}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pewit n 1: small black-headed European gull [syn: {laughing gull}, {blackcap}, {pewit gull}, {Larus ridibundus}] 2: large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs [syn: {lapwing}, {green plover}, {peewit}] 3: small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America [syn: {pewee}, {peewee}, {peewit}, {wood pewee}, {Contopus virens}]
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