🐦 A small flycatcher 🪶 A lapwing bird

peewit

9.9

A small olive-green bird that lives in woods and eats insects

noun
/ˈpiːwɪt/

Specialized

: peewit

Many birdwatchers seek out the peewit during their trips, hoping to catch a glimpse of this beautiful flycatcher.

Examples

While hiking through the forest, we spotted a peewit perched on a branch, its olive color blending perfectly with the leaves.
The peewit is known for its unique call, often heard echoing through the dense woods in spring.
Peewits—there were peewit nests and: pee-wit! pee-wit! peewit! Beautiful... an exceptionally beautiful place.

Academic text (2016)
Peewits—there were peewit nests and: pee-wit! pee-wit! peewit! Beautiful... an exceptionally beautiful place.

Academic text (2016)
Peewits—there were peewit nests and: pee-wit! pee-wit! peewit! Beautiful... an exceptionally beautiful place.

Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

peewee

vspeewit

Specialized

2 9.9

A small olive-brown bird that catches insects in trees in eastern North America

keeps to a plain description without taxonomic labels

Contopus virens

vspeewit

Specialized

9.9

A small olive-colored bird that lives in eastern North American woods and catches flying insects

is a general common description without the scientific label

wood pewee

vspeewit

9.5

A small brownish bird in woods that catches insects and calls with a soft whistle

focuses on simple physical and range description without call mention

pewee

vspeewit

Specialized

9.9

A small olive-green bird in the woods that catches insects and makes a thin sad call

mentions only small olive color and woodland range without call detail

Surface Forms

peewit singular

peewits plural

Etymology

Peewit comes from the bird's two-note call 'pee-wit', a sound people used as the bird's name, like naming a clock 'tick-tock' by its noise. So when you hear that 'pee-wit' sound in the woods, the name helps you remember and identify this small flycatcher.