[pee-wee] 
Informal.| 1. | very small; tiny. |
| 2. | insignificant or inconsequential: a player sent to the peewee leagues. |
| 3. | a person or thing that is unusually small. |
| 4. | an animal that is small for its kind; runt. |
| 5. | Marbles. a small playing marble, often one made of clay rather than glass. |
| pee·wee 1 (pē'wē) n. Informal One, such as a child, that is relatively or unusually small. [Probably reduplication of wee.] pee'wee adj. |
| pee·wee 2 (pē'wē) n. Variant of pewee. |
| pe·wee also pee·wee (pē'wē) n. Any of various small, olive-gray North American flycatchers of the genus Contopus, especially a wood pewee. [Imitative of its call.] |
peewee
any of eight species of birds of the genus Contopus (family Tyrannidae); it is named for its call, which is monotonously repeated from an open perch. In North America a sad, clear "pee-oo-wee" announces the presence of the eastern wood pewee (C. virens), while a blurry "peeurrr" is the call of the western wood pewee (C. sordidulus). Some authorities consider the western form to be a race of C. virens. Both forms are plain birds, about 14 cm (6 inches) long, that resemble the eastern phoebe; the two forms differ from the eastern phoebe, however, in being browner and more slender and in having two distinct whitish wing bars
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