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There were 27 spring heads established on the estate and the first 10 were given the names of animals, including the hare, the peewit, the fox and the swan.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2019

At the sudden cry of a peewit on the down, one or two bolted and had to be brought back by their officers.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

When the peewit alights he runs along a few yards rapidly, as if carried by the impetus.

From Wild Life in a Southern County by Jefferies, Richard

A whole flight of lapwings rose, screaming "peewit", from a field where they were feeding in company with a flock of seagulls, following the plough that a labourer was driving through the rich red earth.

From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Brazil, Angela

Again the thunder roars, my life is shaken as I listen, My heart is pounding: The cruel peewit, calling 'Piu, piu,' Reminds me of his lap.

From Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna by Vidy?pati Th?kura