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BELLBIRD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bellbird mean?
• BELLBIRD (noun)
The noun BELLBIRD has 1 sense:
1. any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call
Familiarity information: BELLBIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("bellbird" is a kind of...):
chatterer; cotinga (passerine bird of New World tropics)
Holonyms ("bellbird" is a member of...):
genus Procnias; Procnias (bellbirds)
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