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bellbird

noun

Etymology

From bell + bird.

  1. inherited from bridd — “chick, fledgling, chicken”
  2. inherited from bird
  3. compounded as bellbird — “bell + bird”

Definitions

  1. Any of various birds with far-carrying bell-like calls, including the New Zealand…

    Any of various birds with far-carrying bell-like calls, including the New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura), the crested bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) and bell miner (Manorina melanophrys) of Australia, and the neotropical bellbirds (Procnias spp.) of the Americas.

  2. A suburb of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA