pewee
Americannoun
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any of several New World flycatchers of the genus Contopus.
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the phoebe.
noun
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Origin of pewee
An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; imitative
Example Sentences
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They were paging through a binder of listings, checking off the day’s sightings, including the northern beardless tyrannulet and greater pewee.
From New York Times
The impacted species include blackbirds, flycatchers, sparrows, swallows, warblers and the western wood pewee.
From Salon
“What makes pewee soccer particularly insidious is that boys and girls play together,” he wrote.
From Washington Post
The migrant wildlife is gone, the pewees, vireos and wood thrushes all far to the south by now.
From Washington Post
“There’s your eastern wood pewee,” he says with excitement, steadying the laser on the tree trunk next to the sitting bird.
From Washington Post
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