Definition of Pittas

1. pitta [n] - See also: pitta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pittas

pitot tube
pitpan
pitprop
pitprops
pits
pitsaw
pitsaws
pitsful
pitstop
pitta
pitta bread
pittacal
pittance
pittance payment
pittances
pittas (current term)
pitted
pitted-shelled turtle
pitted keratolysis
pitted tubeshoulder
pitted tubeshoulders
pitten
pitter
pitter-patter
pittered
pittering
pitters
pittie
pitties
pitting

Literary usage of Pittas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... Nests of certain Flycatchers—Of various Swallows—Of certain Tyrant Birds— Of certain Chatterers—Of the pittas—Of various Wood Hewers—Of the Oven Bird—Of ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"This in itself was an unexpected détermination, for such a structure had been thought to be confined to Birds of the New World, to which none of the pittas ..."

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