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wood pewee
or wood-pewee
noun
- either of two small North American flycatchers, the western Contopus sordidulus or the eastern C. virens.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wood pewee1
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
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Example Sentences
One thing must be said, however, in defence of the western wood-pewee—he means well.
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To my delight the wood pewee flew up in the tree, sat down on a horizontal crotch, and went through the motions of moulding.
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Everywhere in these solitudes I am greeted with the pensive, almost pathetic note of the Wood-Pewee.
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The Wood-Pewee, the prevailing species in this locality, arrests your attention by his sweet, pathetic cry.
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The wood pewee, like its relative, the phœbe, feeds largely on the family of flies to which the house fly belongs.
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