Pied-à-terre Netherlands to provide housing to politicians working in The Hague. Pied-à-terre A pied-à-terre (; French for "foot on the ground") is a small living unit usually located in a large city some distance away from an individual's primary residence. It may be an apartment or condominium. The term "pied-à-terre" implies usage as a temporary second residence (but not a vacation home), either for part of the year or part of the work week, by a reasonably wealthy person. If the owner's primary residence is nearby, a "pied-à-terre" implies a secondary residence within the city which allows the owner to use
Clearflight Pied budgerigar mutation over half the body area affected, although the clear areas in cocks tend to be larger than those of hens. The Clearflight Pied gene is located on one of the autosomal chromosomes. There is no known linkage of this gene with any other mutation. There is no universally accepted genetic symbol for either the locus or mutant allele, so the symbol "Pc" for 'Pied, clearflight' will be adopted here for the wild-type allele at this locus, and the symbol "Pc" for the Clearflight Pied mutant allele. Both Taylor and Warner and Martin used just "P" for the Clearflight Pied locus,