From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Phoebe \Ph[oe]"be\, noun (Zo["o]l.) The pewee, or pewit.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pewee \Pe"wee\, noun [So called from its note.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis ph[oe]be}, or {Sayornis 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) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
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
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