'Sayornis phoebe' definitions:
Definition of 'Sayornis phoebe'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small dun-colored North American flycatcher [syn: phoebe, phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe]
Definition of 'Sayornis phoebe'
From: GCIDE
- Pewee \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.]
- 1. (Zool.) 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 (Zool.), a bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size. [1913 Webster]