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bloodbird

noun

Etymology

From blood + bird, from the bright red colour of the male.

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

Definitions

  1. An Australian honeyeater, the scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta).

    • At first only one bloodbird dipped low to catch insects in the last of the milkweed bursting their pods in the fields.

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