noun
- a small flycatcher bird with a distinctive call that sounds like its name
Examples
- The eastern pewee perched on the fence post.
- We heard a pewee calling from the oak tree.
- The wood pewee is common in deciduous forests.
- A pewee built its nest under the porch eaves.
- The bird watcher identified the pewee by its call.
- Pewees catch insects by flying out from their perch.