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noun a common black and white bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, with a loud piping voice, pairs often sing in antiphonic duet; ranges across the entire mainland, absent from Tasmania. Compare magpie lark, mud lark, Murray magpie.

Contributor's comments: Magpie larks were always known as peewees on the Darling Downs when I was growing up. In fact, I'd never heard of the term "magpie lark' until I started to read Simpson and Day!

Contributor's comments: We were in Alice Springs and my parents-in-law were visiting. They come from within 50km's of each other near Kerand. My mother-in-law said the bird was a peewee, her husband said it was a peewit, my husband said it was a mud lark and I said it was a magpie lark!

Contributor's comments: It was a peewee in Canowindra (Central Western NSW) when I grew up there in the 50s/60s.

Contributor's comments: During the late 1950s when in Adelaide, I got to know this bird as "Peewit", a term I now have to unlearn as it is officially called "Magpie lark"

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1. A small motorbike: Have you fixed the peewee mate?
2. A short teenager