pewit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pewit	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for pewit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pewit n small black-headed European gull [syn: laughing gull, blackcap, pewit, pewit gull, Larus ridibundus] large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs Synonym(s): lapwing, green plover, peewit, pewit small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America Synonym(s): pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Laughing goose} (Zo[94]l.), the European white-fronted goose. {Laughing gull}. (Zo[94]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[94]l.), the spotted hyena. See {Hyena}. {Laughing jackass} (Zo[94]l.), the great brown kingfisher ({Dacelo gigas}), of Australia; -- called also {giant kingfisher}, and {gogobera}. {Laughing owl} (Zo[94]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[94]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis ph[d2]be}, or {S. fuscus}). Called also {pewit}, and {ph[d2]be}. 2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]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[94]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}.]