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noun

phoebe

FEE-bee/ˈfibi/

A small American flycatcher bird.

A phoebe catches a flying insect beside the old barn.

An eastern phoebe, gray-brown above and pale below with a slight crest, catches a flying insect just beside its branch; show one bird in one instant.
Etymology

The flycatcher’s name imitates its cry, heard as “phebe”: it captures the sound by which the bird is recognized.

In context

Dan Gardoqui1:29
Phoebe you'll see it perched on a branch and it'll fly out catch a little bug come back
Eastern Phoebe - Learn a Bird - Episode #15
Nick Lund0:32
Eastern Phoebes … belong to a family of birds called fly catchers
Phoebes: Lions of the Landscape

More examples

  • The phoebe returned to its nest beneath the bridge.
  • We watched two phoebes flick their tails.
  • An eastern phoebe called from the fence.

Forms

phoebe · phoebes