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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phoebe /ˈfiːbi/

▶noun an American tyrant flycatcher with mainly grey-brown or blackish plumage. [Genus Sayornis: three species.]

– origin C18: imitative; influenced by the name Phoebe.

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