pied
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7.9
- adjective
- /paɪd/
:
multicolor
- They are pied babblers and they also live in tight knit family groups in the Kalahari Desert, and in fact they're the species that I studied for my PhD.
Examples
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The garden was filled with pied flowers, creating a beautiful patchwork of colors.
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She wore a stunning pied dress that featured bright red and yellow patterns.
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The real world is pied and dappled and contains sharp boundaries.
Blog text (25) -
I have been credibly informed that the wolves here are frequently seen pied, black and white, and of other mixed colors.
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A pair of pied kingfishers alternately perched in strategic locations or hovered over the shallows in pursuit of small fish.
Academic text (2006) -
In Sweden, Rauno Alatalo noted that pied flycatcher territories occur in clusters and suggested that new arrivals might use the singing of established birds to locate previous settlements.
Academic text (1990) -
By playing tape-recorded flycatcher songs in a vacant but otherwise suitable habitat, Alatalo induced pied flycatchers to settle in territories near the broadcasted song rather than in silent neighborhoods.
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The artist painted a canvas depicting a pied bird with striking black and white feathers.
Synonyms
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2.9
Having many different bright colors
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5.5
Having light and dark spots in an uneven pattern
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2.6
Having parts of different bright colors
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7.2
Having patches or streaks of different colors
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3.2
Having parts with different bright colors, like a rug or scarf
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8.4
Having large patches of two different colors on the fur
Having parts of different bright colors
Having patches of different bright colors
Having patches of different bright colors
Having many different colors
Shows areas of different color or material
Having patches of different colors, often on animals or cloth
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A character in a story who leads children away by playing a pipe
- Specialized
A small northern mouse-like animal with a white winter coat and large digging claws
How Patterned
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pied comes from the old word for the bird pie, the magpie, which has black-and-white patches. So pied means 'having patches of different colours', like the bird's feathers.