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Phoebe - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Phoebe : (noun)
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five,
5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet,
pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
2: (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with
Artemis as goddess of the moon [syn: Phoebe]
3: small dun-colored North American flycatcher [syn: phoebe
bird, Sayornis phoebe]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Phoebe : \Ph[oe]"be\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The pewee, or pewit.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pewee \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis
ph[oe]be, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and
ph[oe]be.
2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
Wood_pewee_(Zo["o]l.),_a_bird_({Contopus_virens">Wood pewee (Zo["o]l.), a bird ({Contopus virens) similar
to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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