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English Dictionary: pewee by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pewee
n
  1. 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]:
   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.
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