Pied-à-terre 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 their primary residence as a vacation home. Pied-à-terres attracted discussion
Pied-winged swallow Pied-winged swallow The pied-winged swallow ("Hirundo leucosoma") is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It has distinctive steel-blue upperparts with white wing patches. It is native to parts of West Africa. The pied-winged swallow was described by the English ornithologist William Swainson in 1837 who introduced its current binomial name "Hirundo leucosoma". The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek words "leukos", "white" and "sōma, sōmatos", "body". The species is monotypic. Evolutionarily, the pied-winged swallow occupies a basal position within the clade of "Hirundo" swallows and is most closely related to the pearl-breasted swallow ("Hirundo dimidiata"). The pied-winged swallow