wood pewee

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Definitions of wood pewee words

noun wood pewee either of two small North American flycatchers, the western Contopus sordidulus or the eastern C. virens. 1
noun wood pewee either of two species of pewee, the eastern wood pewee (Contopus virens) or the western wood pewee (C. sordidulus) 0

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Origin of wood pewee

First appearance:

before 1800

One of the 42% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1800-10

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wood pewee popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

wood pewee usage trend in Literature

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