'Pewet' definitions:

Definition of 'Pewet'

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  • Pewet \Pe"wet\, n. (Zool.) Same as Pewit. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'pewet'

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]