pewee

[pee-wee]

noun

1. any of several New World flycatchers of the genus Contopus.

2. the phoebe.

pewee

/ ˈpiːwiː /

noun

1. any of several small North American flycatchers of the genus Contopus, having a greenish-brown plumage

Word History and Origins

Origin of pewee¹

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; imitative

Word History and Origins

Origin of pewee¹

C19: imitative of its cry

Example Sentences

They were paging through a binder of listings, checking off the day’s sightings, including the northern beardless tyrannulet and greater pewee.

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The impacted species include blackbirds, flycatchers, sparrows, swallows, warblers and the western wood pewee.

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“What makes pewee soccer particularly insidious is that boys and girls play together,” he wrote.

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The migrant wildlife is gone, the pewees, vireos and wood thrushes all far to the south by now.

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“There’s your eastern wood pewee,” he says with excitement, steadying the laser on the tree trunk next to the sitting bird.

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