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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
.]