'Phoebe' definitions:
Definition of 'Phoebe'
(from WordNet)
noun
The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
noun
(Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon
noun
Small dun-colored North American flycatcher [syn: phoebe, phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe]
Definition of 'Phoebe'
From: GCIDE
- Phoebe \Ph[oe]"be\ (f[=e]"b[-e]), n. (Zool.) The pewee, or pewit. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'phoebe'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- Wood pewee (Zool.), a bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Phoebe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Artemis,
- Ashtoreth,
- Astarte,
- cinque,
- Cynthia,
- Diana,
- fin,
- five,
- five bucks,
- five dollars,
- fiver,
- fivesome,
- Hecate,
- Hekate,
- Little Phoebe,
- Luna,
- mullet,
- pentachord,
- pentad,
- pentagon,
- pentagram,
- pentahedron,
- pentameter,
- pentapody,
- pentarchy,
- pentastich,
- Pentateuch,
- pentathlon,
- quincunx,
- quint,
- quintet,
- quintuplet,
- Selene,
- V