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pied::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, varicolored, varicoloured |
pied daisies.
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This phenomenon is known as pied-piping with inversion or secondary wh-movement.
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Pied flycatchers are one of the best-studied migratory bird species in the world.
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There were gulls, of course, and the odd pied wagtail, but no sign of our quarry.
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On the water, a pied-billed grebe was floating along, apparently taking a nap.
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An employee of Jurong Bird Park in Singapore feeds two newborn pied hornbills.
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As fairytales go, Hamelin used a pied piper and pipes to rid the town of rats.
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The pied wagtail may be quiet and modest, but it does have one unusual habit.
From the guardian.co.uk
They will also buy a pied-a-terre locally to be close to family and friends.
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Pied Currawongs are vocal birds, calling when in flight and at all times of the day.
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- Motley: having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
- A piebald is an animal, such as a horse or ball python, that has a spotting pattern of large unpigmented (sometimes expressed as white) areas and normally pigmented patches (black in the horse pictured). ...
- Pieing is the act of throwing a pie at a person or people. This may be a simple practical joke, but can be a political action when the target is an authority figure, politician, or celebrity and can be used as a means of protesting against the target's political beliefs, or against perceived arrogance or vanity...
- Decorated or colored in blotches
- (pieing) An instance of throwing a pie at someone, most prominently a politician or other powerful or influential person as a means of protest
- (Pieds) (O.F. n. plur.) feet
- Unequally proportioned patches of white and another colour.
- Large patches of two or more colors, one being white; parti-colored; piebald
- Unit of length in late 18^th-century France: 1 pied (Paris foot) = 12 pouces; 1 pouce (Paris inch) = 12 lignes. In modern units, the pied is equivalent to 0.325 meters or about 1.07 feet in the "English" system still commonly used in the United States. [Lavoisier]
