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weet-weet, n. [So called from its piping cry when disturbed.].

 The common European sandpiper.  [1913 Webster]

weet-weet, n. [Native name in Victoria.].

 A throwing toy, or implement, of the Australian aborigines, consisting of a cigar-shaped stick fastened at one end to a flexible twig. It weighs in all about two ounces, and is about two feet long.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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