millerbird

[ mil-er-burd ]
/ ˈmɪl ərˌbɜrd /

noun

a rare, small, gray-brown, thin-billed warbler, Acrocephalus familiaris, occurring only on the Hawaiian islet of Nihoa: the subspecies that inhabited the islet of Laysan is now extinct.

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Origin of millerbird

miller + bird

Words nearby millerbird

miller's thumb, miller's-thumb, miller, glenn, miller-abbott tube, millerand, millerbird, millerite, milles, millesimal, millet, millett
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