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Webster 1913 Edition
Pewit
Pe′wit
,Noun.
[Prob. of imitative origin; cf. OD.
piewit
, D. kievit
, G. kibitz
.] (Zool.)
(a)
The lapwing.
(b)
The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (
Xema ridibundus
). See under Laughing
. (c)
The pewee.
[Written also
peevit
, peewit
, pewet
.]