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 bills

  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)