PEWEE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America

Synonyms:

Contopus virens; peewee; peewit; pewee; pewit; wood pewee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pewee" is a kind of...):

flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pewee"):

Contopus sordidulus; western wood pewee (small flycatcher of western North America)

Holonyms ("pewee" is a member of...):

Contopus; genus Contopus (pewees)