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Definition of Pewees

Pewee
Pewee Pe"wee, n. [So called from its note.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis ph[oe]be, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and ph[oe]be. 2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.] Wood pewee (Zo["o]l.), a bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size.

Meaning of Pewees from wikipedia

- The pewees are a genus, Contopus, of small to medium-sized insect-eating birds in the Tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. These birds are known as pewees...
- Tropical pewee has been split into three species: Northern tropical pewee, Contopus bogotensis Southern tropical pewee, Contopus cinereus Tumbes pewee, Contopus...
- phoebe is also present on the breeding grounds by March, while eastern wood pewees do not arrive until very late April and early May. The songs (fee-bee, fee-bee)...
- species is characterized by a uniform dusky-grey plumage. Smoke-colored pewees are found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru...
- Hispaniolan pewee was originally described as Tyrannula carribaea hispaniolensis. The Hispaniolan pewee and what are now the Cuban pewee (C. caribaeus)...
- The western wood pewee (Contopus sordidulus) is a small tyrant flycatcher. Adults are gray-olive on the upperparts with light underparts, washed with...
- alternative name in Australia for the Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) Pewees, a group of songbirds from the New World Peewee, West Virginia, an unincorporated...
- distinction for how low Jamaican pewees will fly, but they have been seen to go as high as 2,000 meters. The Jamaican pewee has been seen to fly to lower...
- pewee or peewee may refer to the following species formerly considered to be a single species: Eastern wood pewee, Contopus virens Western wood pewee...
- The greater pewee (Contopus pertinax), formerly known as Coues's flycatcher, is a p****erine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It...