peewit

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic; for the pronunciation /ˈpjuːɪt/ and corresponding form pewit, compare leeward, Seward, steward.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːwɪt/
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  • IPA(key): /ˈpjuːɪt/ (especially, but not always in the form pewit)[1]

Noun

peewit (plural peewits)

  1. Any of several birds:
    1. northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
    2. laughing gull (Xema ridibundus)
    3. pewee or peewee
  2. the sound of the call of the peewit

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References

  1. ^ Michaelis, Hermann; Jones, Daniel (1913), “'piːwit ['pjuːit]”, in A Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language (Sammlung Phonetischer Wörterbücher; 2)‎[1], Hanover: Carl Meyer (Gustav Prior), →OCLC, page 330.
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