- pewee
- noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1796 any of various small largely gray or olive-colored American flycatchers (genus Contopus)
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pewee
Look at other dictionaries:
Pewee — Pe wee, n. [So called from its note.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis ph[oe]be}, or {Sayornis fuscus}). Called also {pewit}, and {ph[oe]be}. [1913 Webster] 2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster] {Wood pewee}… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pewee — flycatcher, lapwing, 1810, variant of pewit (q.v.). See also peewee … Etymology dictionary
pewee — ☆ pewee [pē′wē΄ ] n. [echoic of its call] any of a genus (Contopus) of small tyrant flycatchers; esp., the wood pewees … English World dictionary
Pewee — Pewees Western Wood Pewee Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
pewee — /pee wee/, n. 1. any of several New World flycatchers of the genus Contopus. Cf. wood pewee. 2. the phoebe. [1790 1800, Amer.; imit.] * * * ▪ bird also spelled Peewee, any of eight species of birds of the genus Contopus (family… … Universalium
pewee — noun small olive colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America • Syn: ↑peewee, ↑peewit, ↑pewit, ↑wood pewee, ↑Contopus virens • Hypernyms: ↑New World flycatcher, ↑flycatcher, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pewee — Kentucky Correctional Institution at Pewee Valley … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
pewee — piviai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Contopus angl. pewee rus. пиви, m pranc. pioui, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – piviai siauresnis terminas – baltagurklis pivis siauresnis terminas – didysis antilinis pivis… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery — U.S. National Register of Historic Places … Wikipedia
Pewee Valley — Pewee Valley, KY U.S. city in Kentucky Population (2000): 1436 Housing Units (2000): 502 Land area (2000): 1.884934 sq. miles (4.881957 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.884934 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Pewee Valley, KY — U.S. city in Kentucky Population (2000): 1436 Housing Units (2000): 502 Land area (2000): 1.884934 sq. miles (4.881957 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.884934 sq. miles (4.881957 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
