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Webster 1913 Edition
Bellbird
Bell′birdˊ
,Noun.
[So called from their notes.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A South and Central American bird of the genus
Casmarhincos
, and family Cotingidæ
, of several species; the campanero. (b)
The
Myzantha melanophrys
of Australia. Definition 2024
bellbird
bellbird
English
Oreoica gutturalis
Anthornis melanura
Procnias averano
Manorina melanophrys
Noun
bellbird (plural bellbirds)
- Any of various birds with a far-carrying bell-like call, including the crested bellbird, Oreoica gutturalis, the New Zealand bellbird, Anthornis melanura and the neotropical bellbirds of the genus Procnias.
- (Australia) The bell miner, Manorina melanophrys, a bird that feeds on bell lerps (a variety of psyllid).
Translations
Oreoica gutturalis
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Anthornis melanura
bird of the genus Procnias
Manorina melanophrys
