Definition of pewee
: any of various small largely gray or olive-colored American flycatchers (genus Contopus)
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The wooded areas hold Eastern wood-pewees, summer tanagers and red-eyed vireos.
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The migrant wildlife is gone, the pewees, vireos and wood thrushes all far to the south by now.
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Origin and Etymology of pewee
imitative
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: a small grayish or greenish brown bird that eats flying insects
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