pewit
or pee·wit
the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus.
the phoebe.
Origin of pewit
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How to use pewit in a sentence
I distinctly remembered firing it at a pewit an hour before, for Edmee had wanted to examine the bird's plumage.
Mauprat | George SandOn the 7th, we saw a curlieu and a pewit, and on the 9th we caught a land-bird, very much resembling a starling.
One of the first birds I saw, and one of the most puzzling, was the lapwing or pewit.
Fresh Fields | John BurroughsIn his best days, as he records in one of his letters, it was said of him that he “tripped like a pewit.”
The Art of Letters | Robert LyndNow and then I caught the cry of a pewit, or saw a snipe glance up from his bed; but mainly I was busied about the mare.
The Splendid Spur | Arthur T. Quiller Couch
British Dictionary definitions for pewit
/ (ˈpiːwɪt) /
another name for lapwing
Origin of pewit
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