Pied

Pied , imperfect and past participle

imp. & past participle of Pi, or Pie, v.

Pied , adjective

[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

Collocations (5)

Pied antelope (Zoology) , the bontebok.

Pied-billed grebe (Zoology) , the dabchick.

Pied blackbird (Zoology) , any Asiatic thrush of the genus Turdulus.

Pied finch (Zoology) , (a) The chaffinch. (b) The snow bunting [Provincial English]

Pied flycatcher (Zoology) , a common European flycatcher (Ficedula atricapilla). The male is black and white.