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dollarbird

noun

Etymology

From dollar + bird. Named so because its white spots of wings resemble silver dollar coins.

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

Definitions

  1. Eurystomus orientalis, a bird of the roller family, with distinctive blue coin-shaped…

    Eurystomus orientalis, a bird of the roller family, with distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings.

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