Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pewee

Pewee , noun

[So called from its note.]

1.
(Zoology) A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phobe, or Sayornis fuscus). Called also pewit, and phobe.
2.
The woodcock. [Local, United States]
Collocations (1)
Wood pewee (Zoology) , a bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size.