NOUN | animal | peewit, lapwing, green plover, pewit | large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs |
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animal | peewit, pewee, peewee, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens | small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America |
Meaning | large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs. | |
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Synonyms | lapwing, green plover, pewit | |
Member of | Vanellus, genus Vanellus | Eurasian lapwings |
Broader | plover | Any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings |
Spanish | avefría | |
Catalan | fredeluga |
Meaning | small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America. | |
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Synonyms | pewee, peewee, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens | |
Member of | Contopus, genus Contopus | pewees |
Narrower | western wood pewee, Contopus sordidulus | small flycatcher of western North America |
Broader | New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird | large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing |
Spanish | contopus | |
Catalan | contopus |
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