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phoebe


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phoebe  \Ph[oe]"be\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  pewee,  or  pewit. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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})  similar 
  to  the  pewee  (See  {Pewee},  1),  but  of  smaller  size. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Phoebe 
  n  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:  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}] 




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