Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pewit \Pe"wit\, n. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. OD. piewit,
   D. kievit, G. kibitz.] (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The lapwing.
      (b) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull ({Xema
          ridibundus}). See under {Laughing}.
      (c) The pewee. [Written also {peevit}, {peewit}, {pewet}.]

Source : WordNet®

pewit
     n 1: small black-headed European gull [syn: {laughing gull}, {blackcap},
           {pewit gull}, {Larus ridibundus}]
     2: large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
        [syn: {lapwing}, {green plover}, {peewit}]
     3: small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North
        America [syn: {pewee}, {peewee}, {peewit}, {wood pewee}, {Contopus
        virens}]