Definition of Pewee

1. Noun. Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.


Definition of Pewee

1. n. A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phœbe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phœbe.

Definition of Pewee

1. Noun. Common American tyrant flycatchers (of the genus ''Contopus''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pewee

1. a small bird [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pewee

1. 1. A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. Fuscus). Synonym: pewit, and phoebe. 2. The woodcock. Wood pewee, a bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size. Origin: So called from its note. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pewee

petulcity
petunia
petunias
petuntse
petuntses
petuntze
petuntzes
petzite
petzites
peuce
peucedanin
peuces
peucil
peutz-jeghers syndrome
pew
pewee (current term)
pewees
pewet
pewfellow
pewfellows
pewful
pewfuls
pewholder
pewholders
pewit
pewit gull
pewits
pewlike
pewmate
pewmates

Literary usage of Pewee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1882)
"If I show you, pewee Rose will want me to show him ; then there '11 be two babies to teach. I can't be always helping babies. Go and play two-hole cat with ..."

2. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1840)
"Having inquired of the miller's son, I found that he had killed the old pewee and four young ones, to make bait for the purpose of catching fish. ..."

3. Masterpieces of Murder: An Edmund Pearson True Crime Reader by Edmund Lester Pearson, Gerald Gross (1876)
"The Wood pewee builds a delicate nest of moss and lichens. ... The Wood pewee occurs abundantly in summer from Mexico to New Brunswick and from the Atlantic ..."

4. Birds of Village and Field: A Bird Book for Beginners by Florence Merriam Bailey (1898)
"Wood pewee : Contopus virens. Upper parts blackish brown ; under parts whitish, washed with olive ; wing bars whitish; lower mandible pale brown or ..."

5. Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-life in Plain English for Beginners by Mabel Osgood Wright (1897)
"The Wood pewee takes his name from his liking for the woods and his call- note ; yet he is ... WOOD pewee. " It is usual to call the notes of this bird sad; ..."

6. The Second Book of Birds: Bird Families by Harriet (Mann) Miller, Olive Thorne Miller (1901)
"His dress is about the same, and he catches his flies in pewee fashion, ... The Eastern wood pewee has a low, sweet voice, of which one cannot get tired. ..."

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