WOOD PEWEE


Meaning of WOOD PEWEE in English

noun

: a small tyrant flycatcher ( Contopus virens ) of eastern No. America that is dark olive-gray on the back, grayish olive on the breast and sides, and yellowish white on the belly and that has a very plaintive note resembling the syllables pee-a-wee ; also : a related bird ( C. sordidulus ) that inhabits western No. America

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