'Peevit' definitions:
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Peevit \Pee"vit\, Peewit \Pee"wit\, n. (Zool.)
See Pewit.
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Pewit \Pe"wit\, n. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. OD. piewit,
D. kievit, G. kibitz.] (Zool.)
(a) The lapwing.
(b) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull ({Xema
ridibundus}). See under Laughing.
(c) The pewee. [Written also peevit, peewit, pewet.]
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