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Noun: phoebe  fee-bee
  1. Small dun-coloured North American flycatcher
    - phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe
Noun: Phoebe  fee-bee
  1. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
    - five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, Little Phoebe
     
  2. (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon

Derived forms: phoebes

Type of: digit, figure, flycatcher, New World flycatcher, Titaness, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher

Part of: genus Sayornis, Sayornis

Encyclopedia: Phoebe, Junior