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Phoe·be

(fē′bē)

1. Greek Mythology The goddess Artemis.

2. A satellite of Saturn.

3. The moon personified.

[Middle English phebe, from Latin Phoebē, from Greek Phoibē, from feminine of phoibos, shining.]

phoe·be

(fē′bē)

Any of several insectivorous songbirds of the genus Sayornis of the Americas, noted for the flicking motion of the tail.

[Imitative of its song (influenced by the name Phoebe).]

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phoebe

(ˈfiːbɪ)

(Animals) any of several greyish-brown North American flycatchers of the genus Sayornis, such as S. phoebe (eastern phoebe)

[C19: imitative of the bird's call]

Phoebe

(ˈfiːbɪ) or

Phebe

1. (Classical Myth & Legend) classical myth a Titaness, who later became identified with Artemis (Diana) as goddess of the moon

2. poetic a personification of the moon

Phoebe

(ˈfiːbɪ)

(Celestial Objects) the outermost satellite of the planet Saturn. It has retrograde motion and a dark surface

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phoe•be

(ˈfi bi)

n., pl. -bes.

any of several New World flycatchers of the genus Sayornis, esp. S. phoebe, of E North America.

[1690–1700, Amer.; imitative; sp. copies Phoebe]

Phoe•be

(ˈfi bi)

n.

1. a Titan, later identified with Artemis and the Roman goddess Diana.

2. the moon personified.

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Noun	1.	Phoebe - the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, quint, quintuplet, quintet, V digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
	2.	Phoebe - (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
	3.	phoebe - small dun-colored North American flycatcher phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, flycatcher - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing genus Sayornis, Sayornis - phoebes

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The species which were most affected within our study for this region include the American Kestrel, Black-Crowned Night-Heron, Double-Crested Cormorant, Eastern Phoebe, Hermit Thrush, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Savannah Sparrow, Warbling Vireo, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, the Horned Lark, and the Northern Shrike (Tables 3 and 4).

Birds in New York State Have Altered Their Migration Timing and Are Experiencing Different Thermal Regimes While Breeding or on Stopover from 2010 to 2015

alnorum 0.27 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 0.27 Green Heron Butorides virescens 0.18 Gray Partridge Perdix perdix 0.18 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 0.18 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 0.18 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 0.18 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 0.18 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 0.18 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 0.18 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 0.09 Sora Porzana carolina 0.09 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanos 0.09 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 0.09 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 0.09 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 0.09 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus 0.09 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia 0.09 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 0.09

Breeding birds and nest productivity at Green Wing Environmental Laboratory, northcentral, Illinois

The following nine species were present in the unburned site, yet were absent in the burned site: Black-and-white Warbler, Eastern Phoebe, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Towhee, Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedroruta), and Veery (Catharus fuscescens).

Breeding bird communities in burned and unburned sites in a mature Indiana oak forest