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MYNA BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myna bird mean? 

MYNA BIRD (noun)
  The noun MYNA BIRD has 1 sense:

1. tropical Asian starlingsplay

  Familiarity information: MYNA BIRD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MYNA BIRD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical Asian starlings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("myna bird" is a kind of...):

starling (gregarious birds native to the Old World)

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

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)


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