English Explanatory Dictionary

bellbird

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various birds with far-carrying bell-like calls, including the New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura), the crested bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) and bell miner (Manorina melanophrys) of Australia, and the neotropical bellbirds (Procnias spp.) of the Americas.
name
  1. A suburb of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.

Pronunciation

EN-AU ck1 bellbird.ogg

Word forms

bellbird bellbirds

Etymology

From bell + bird.

Derived words

bare-throated bellbird piping bellbird rufous-naped bellbird Bellbird Heights
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on B Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary