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Pied blackbird

Pied \Pied\, a. [From Pie the party-colored bird.] Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald. ``Pied coats.'' --Burton. ``Meadows trim with daisies pied.'' --Milton. Pied antelope (Zo["o]l.), the bontebok. Pied-billed grebe (Zo["o]l.), the dabchick. Pied blackbird (Zo["o]l.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus Turdulus. Pied finch (Zo["o]l.)

  1. The chaffinch.

  2. The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.]

    Pied flycatcher (Zo["o]l.), a common European flycatcher ( Ficedula atricapilla). The male is black and white.