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pewit

pewit is the alternative form of peewit.

Meaning of peewit

Noun

peewit (plural peewits)

  1. northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
  2. laughing gull (Xema ridibundus)
  3. pewee or peewee
  4. (Australia) A magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca).
    • A hawk came swooping down near tree-level to be immediately assailed by screeching pee-wits.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 107
  5. The sound of the call of one of these birds.

Forms of pewit

pluralpewits

Questions about pewit

What is pewit the alternative form of?
Pewit is the alternative form of peewit.

Words near pewit in the dictionary

  1. pewfuls
  2. pewholder
  3. pewholders
  4. pewholding
  5. pewing
  6. pewit
  7. pewits
  8. Pewitt
  9. Pewitts
  10. pewless
  11. pewlike

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