peewit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of peewit
C16: imitative of its call
Example Sentences
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There were 27 spring heads established on the estate and the first 10 were given the names of animals, including the hare, the peewit, the fox and the swan.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2019
At the sudden cry of a peewit on the down, one or two bolted and had to be brought back by their officers.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
She had made a slight mistake in her calculations, that peewit, a matter of perhaps a quarter of a second, but enough.
From The Way of the Wild by Rountree, Harry
Yet that peewit found time in that fraction of a second to rise, open her wings, and get two feet into the air.
From The Way of the Wild by Rountree, Harry
The letter a, the eagle, circles overhead; the sign ur, the wagtail, flits at the roadside, chirping at the sign rekh, the peewit.
From The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology by Weigall, Arthur E. P. B.
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