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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 starlings
Familiarity information: MYNA BIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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