Link Centre Dictionary

pitta

UK/ˈpɪtə/ uncommon

noun

1.

any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills

Origin

Borrowed from Sanskrit पित्त (pitta, “phlegm”).

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.