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friarbird

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various honeyeaters of the genera Philemon and Melitograis of Australia and adjacent regions, having a partly naked, featherless head.

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  • noun Any of several species of large honeyeaters in the genus Philemon.

Etymologies

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friar +‎ bird

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Examples

  • These species include the invisible rail (Habroptila wallacii), white-streaked friarbird (Melitograis gilolensis), paradise-crow (Lycocorax pyrrhopterus), and the standardwing (Semioptera wallacii).

    Halmahera rain forests 2008

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