English Explanatory Dictionary

tinkerbird

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several barbets of the genus Pogoniulus.

Word forms

tinkerbird tinkerbirds

Etymology

From tinker + bird, from the resemblance of its call to the sound of metalwork.

Derived words

red-fronted tinkerbird
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