bellbird

or bell bird

[ bel-burd ]

/ ˈbɛlˌbɜrd /

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.

Nearby words

bellarmine, bellary, bellatrix, bellay, bellay, du, bellbird, bellboy, belle, belle glade, belle indifférence, belle isle

Origin of bellbird

First recorded in 1795–1805; bell¹ + bird

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Examples from the Web for bellbird

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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