Noun: pewit 'pee,wit
- A medium-sized wading bird (Vanellus vanellus) common in Europe and Asia, characterized by its iridescent green-black plumage, distinctive crest, and acrobatic display flights
"The northern pewit is easily recognized by its distinctive black and white plumage and long crest";
- lapwing, green plover, peewit, northern lapwing
- Small black-headed European gull
"The pewit's distinctive call echoed across the harbour";
- laughing gull, blackcap, pewit gull, Larus ridibundus
Derived forms: pewits
Type of: gull, plover, sea gull, seagull
Part of: genus Larus, genus Vanellus, Larus, Vanellus
Encyclopedia: Pewit