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- noun Plural form of
pitta .
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Examples
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They tasted of tomatoes and soapy coriander seeds, and we ate them with warmed pittas to mop up the oily juices.
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In Kuala Lumpur, pittas are famous for smashing into windows during migration.
A post about birds Glenda Larke 2007
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Whiskered pittas usually are found above 1,000 m in the Sierra Madre and Central Cordillera among oaks, 5-12 m high, with a fern and rhododendron understory.
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In Kuala Lumpur, pittas are famous for smashing into windows during migration.
Archive 2007-11-01 Glenda Larke 2007
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For years now I've used the wholemeal mini pittas and find that the simpler the flavours sauce, cheese, lamb or chicken, nothing GREEN the better received.
At My Table 2006
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His tally included twelve pigeons, four falcons, nine honeyeaters, thirteen flycatchers, ten parrots or parrotlike species, a wood-swallow, three species of shrike, two pittas, five sunbirds, and eleven species from the kingfisher family.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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His tally included twelve pigeons, four falcons, nine honeyeaters, thirteen flycatchers, ten parrots or parrotlike species, a wood-swallow, three species of shrike, two pittas, five sunbirds, and eleven species from the kingfisher family.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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This, however, the officers objected to, for they knew by experience what would happen; the pittas had not accompanied them on their march for nothing.
Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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"De pittas, missie; de ant-thrushes, you call them," said the black woman, gleefully.
Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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The ants gorged with their prey could not escape: down pounced the pittas, and they certainly made the most of their opportunity.
Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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