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Noun: pitta  pi-tu
  1. Any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly coloured chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills
     
  2. [Brit] Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling
    - pita, pocket bread, pita bread, pitta bread [Brit]

Derived forms: pittas

Type of: flatbread, tyrannid

Part of: gyro

Encyclopedia: Pitta