Phoebe

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pewee \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.]
     1. (Zool.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis
        ph[oe]be}, or {Sayornis fuscus}). Called also {pewit}, and
        {ph[oe]be}.
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     2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
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     {Wood pewee} (Zool.), a bird ({Contopus virens}) similar to
        the pewee (See {Pewee}, 1), but of smaller size.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phoebe \Ph[oe]"be\ (f[=e]"b[-e]), n. (Zool.)
     The pewee, or pewit.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}, {Little Phoebe}]
       2: (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with
          Artemis as goddess of the moon
       3: small dun-colored North American flycatcher [syn: {phoebe
          bird}, {Sayornis phoebe}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "Phoebe":
     Artemis, Ashtoreth, Astarte, Cynthia, Diana, Hecate, Hekate,
     Little Phoebe, Luna, Pentateuch, Selene, V, cinque, fin, five,
     five bucks, five dollars, fiver, fivesome, mullet, pentachord,
     pentad, pentagon, pentagram, pentahedron, pentameter, pentapody,
     pentarchy, pentastich, pentathlon, quincunx, quint, quintet,
     quintuplet