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PITTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pitta mean? 

PITTA (noun)
  The noun PITTA has 1 sense:

1. any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout billsplay

  Familiarity information: PITTA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PITTA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pitta" is a kind of...):

tyrannid (a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni)


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