pewee

Noun

Meaning

A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe.

The woodcock.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

peewee pewit peewit Contopus virens wood pewee runt shrimp prawn flycatcher lapwing woodcock blackcap green plover western wood pewee tyrant bird

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Hypernyms

flycatcher New World flycatcher tyrant bird tyrant flycatcher

Hyponyms

western wood pewee Contopus sordidulus

Phrases with the word

western wood pewee Cuban pewee

Anagrams

weepe

Examples

It was fired several times at 500 MW in order to test coatings made of zirconium carbide (instead of niobium carbide ) but Pewee also increased the power density of the system. Source: Internet

Later designs were deemed by NASA to be usable for space exploration and Los Alamos felt that it had cured the last of the materials problems with the untested Pewee. Source: Internet

Pewee 2's fuel elements reduced fuel corrosion still further, by a factor of 3 in Nuclear Furnace testing, but Pewee 2 was never tested on the stand. Source: Internet

Current (2010) convert reference designs (NERVA-Derivative Rockets, or NDRs) are based on the Pewee, and have specific impulses of 925 seconds. Source: Internet

A KIWI engine being destructively tested A smaller version of KIWI, the Pewee was also built. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pew pew-opener pewa pewet pewfellow pewful