'Peewit' definitions:

Definition of 'peewit'

noun

Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs [syn: lapwing, green plover, peewit, pewit]

noun

Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America [syn: pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens]

From: GCIDE

From: GCIDE

Lapwing \Lap"wing`\, n. [OE. lapwynke, leepwynke, AS. hle['a]pewince; hle['a]pan to leap, jump + (prob.) a word akin to AS. wincian to wink, E. wink, AS. wancol wavering; cf. G. wanken to stagger, waver. See Leap, and Wink.] (Zool.) A small European bird of the Plover family ({Vanellus cristatus}, or Vanellus vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

peewit \peewit\ n. A large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs; the pewit.
Syn: lapwing, green plover, pewit, peevit, peerwit. [WordNet 1.5]
2. Any of several small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
Syn: pewee, peewee, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens. [WordNet 1.5]

From: GCIDE

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.] [1913 Webster]