MINA (minae)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: minae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mina mean? 

• MINA (noun)
  The noun MINA has 1 sense:

1. tropical Asian starlings

  Familiarity information: MINA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical Asian starlings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mina; minah; myna; myna bird; mynah; mynah bird

Hypernyms ("mina" is a kind of...):

starling (gregarious birds native to the Old World)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mina"):

Acridotheres tristis; crested myna (dark brown crested bird of southeastern Asia)

grackle; Gracula religiosa; hill myna; Indian grackle (glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech)

 Context examples 

Mina and I both felt so, and simultaneously we each took one of the old man's hands and bent over and kissed it.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mina struggled hard to keep her brave countenance; but the pain overmastered her and she put her hands before her face, and shuddered whilst she moaned.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mina opened her eyes; but she did not seem the same woman.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mina appeared not to see them.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mina says that perhaps we are the instruments of ultimate good. It may be! I shall try to think as she does.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mina and I fear to be idle, so we have been over all the diaries again and again.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mina sleeps soundly and her breathing is regular.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mina is sleeping, and sleeping without dreams.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mina and I have worked all day, and we have put all the papers into order.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mina's is in shorthand, and I simply ask Mr. Hawkins to communicate with her.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)