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peet·weet

 (pēt′wēt′)
n.
See spotted sandpiper.
[Imitative of its call.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

peetweet

(ˈpiːtˌwiːt)
n
(Animals) US another name for the spotted sandpiper
[C19: imitative of its cry]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Ducks and geese frequent it in the spring and fall, the white-bellied swallows (Hirundo bicolor) skim over it, and the peetweets (Totanus macularius) "teeter" along its stony shores all summer.
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Totanus macularius (spotted sandpiper or peetweet), everywhere.
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Note that the L and R edge words of PEETWEETS are synonymic transposals.
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