Category:Pewit

Pe"wit, n. Etym: [prob. of imitative origin; cf. Od. piewit, d. Kievit, g. kibitz.] (zoöl.) (a) the lapwing. (b) the european black-headed, or laughing, gull (xema ridibundus). See under laughing. (c) the pewee. [written also peevit, peewit, pewet.]