pewit
n . 田凫;田凫的鸣声;海鸥之一种
田凫;田凫的鸣声;海鸥之一种
pewit n 1 :
small black -
headed European gull [
synonym : {
laughing gull },
{
blackcap }, {
pewit }, {
pewit gull }, {
Larus ridibundus }]
2 :
large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs [
synonym :
{
lapwing }, {
green plover }, {
peewit }, {
pewit }]
3 :
small olive -
colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America [
synonym : {
pewee }, {
peewee }, {
peewit }, {
pewit }, {
wood pewee }, {
Contopus virens }]
Pewit \
Pe "
wit \,
n . [
Prob .
of imitative origin ;
cf .
OD .
piewit ,
D .
kievit ,
G .
kibitz .] (
Zool .)
(
a )
The lapwing .
(
b )
The European black -
headed ,
or laughing ,
gull ({
Xema ridibundus }).
See under {
Laughing }.
(
c )
The pewee . [
Written also {
peevit }, {
peewit }, {
pewet }.]
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1913 Webster ]
Pewee \
Pe "
wee \,
n . [
So called from its note .]
1 . (
Zool .)
A common American tyrant flycatcher ({
Sayornis ph [
oe ]
be },
or {
Sayornis fuscus }).
Called also {
pewit },
and {
ph [
oe ]
be }.
[
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2 .
The woodcock . [
Local ,
U .
S .]
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{
Wood pewee } (
Zool .),
a bird ({
Contopus virens })
similar to the pewee (
See {
Pewee },
1 ),
but of smaller size .
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1913 Webster ]
Laughing \
Laugh "
ing \,
a . &
n .
from {
Laugh },
v .
i .
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{
Laughing falcon } (
Zool .),
a South American hawk ({
Herpetotheres cachinnans }); --
so called from its notes ,
which resemble a shrill laugh .
{
Laughing gas } (
Chem .),
nitrous oxide ,
also called hyponitrous oxide ,
or protoxide of nitrogen ; --
so called from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes produces when inhaled .
It has been much used as an anaesthetic agent ,
though now its use is primarily in dentistry {
Laughing goose } (
Zool .),
the European white -
fronted goose .
{
Laughing gull }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A common European gull ({
Xema ridibundus }); --
called also {
pewit }, {
black cap }, {
red -
legged gull },
and {
sea crow }.
(
b )
An American gull ({
Larus atricilla }).
In summer the head is nearly black ,
the back slate color ,
and the five outer primaries black .
{
Laughing hyena } (
Zool .),
the spotted hyena .
See {
Hyena }.
{
Laughing jackass } (
Zool .),
the great brown kingfisher ({
Dacelo gigas }),
of Australia ; --
called also {
giant kingfisher },
and {
gogobera }.
{
Laughing owl } (
Zool .),
a peculiar owl ({
Sceloglaux albifacies })
of New Zealand ,
said to be on the verge of extinction .
The name alludes to its notes .
[
1913 Webster ]
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