bellbird

or bell bird

[ bel-burd ]

/ ˈbɛlˌbɜrd /

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noun

any of several birds having a loud bell-like cry, especially Anthornis melanura, a honey eater of New Zealand, and Procnias tricarunculata(three-wattled bellbird ) of Central America.

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Origin of bellbird

First recorded in 1795–1805; bell¹ + bird

Words nearby bellbird

Bellari, bellarmine, Bellatrix, Bellay, bell beaker, bellbird, bell book, bell-bottom, bell-bottoms, bellboy, bell bronze

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How to use bellbird in a sentence

There are the campanero or bellbird, and the flautero or flute bird.
Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena|H. J. Mozans

British Dictionary definitions for bellbird

bellbird

/ (ˈbɛlˌbɜːd) /

noun

any of several tropical American passerine birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call: family Cotingidae (cotingas)

either of two other birds with a bell-like call: an Australian flycatcher, Oreoica gutturalis (crested bellbird), or a New Zealand honeyeater, Anthornis melanura

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