Category:Pied

Pied,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of pi, or pie, v.

Pied Pied, a. Etym: [from pie the party-colored bird.]

Defn: variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; Spotted; piebald. "pied coats." Burton. "meadows trim with daisies Pied." Milton. Pied antelope (zoöl.), the bontebok. -- pied-billed grebe (zoöl.), the dabchick. -- pied blackbird (zoöl.), any asiatic thrush of the genus turdulus. -- pied finch (zoöl.) (a) the chaffinch. (b) the snow bunting. [prov. Eng.] -- pied flycatcher (zoöl.), a common european flycatcher (ficedula atricapilla). The male is black and white.