[ noun ] small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America <noun.animal>
Pewee \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis ph[oe]be}, or {Sayornis fuscus}). Called also {pewit}, and {ph[oe]be}.
2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
{Wood pewee} (Zo["o]l.), a bird ({Contopus virens}) similar to the pewee (See {Pewee}, 1), but of smaller size.