minivet

American  

[min-uh-vet] / ˈmɪn əˌvɛt /

noun

1. any of several small, long-tailed Asian cuckoo-shrikes of the genus Pericrocotus, having in the male black and red and in the female black and orange plumage.

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minivet British  

/ ˈmɪnɪvɛt /

noun

1. any brightly coloured tropical Asian cuckoo shrike of the genus Pericrocotus

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Etymology

Origin of minivet

First recorded in 1860–65; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

The species commonly seen about our hill stations are Pericrocotus speciosus, the Indian scarlet minivet, and P. brevirostris, the short-billed minivet.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas

This minivet was common at the Cocoa Research Station, where it usually inhabited the shade trees in the cocoa groves.

From Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 by Thompson, Max C.

I have never seen a minivet on the ground.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas

These are the wood-shrike, the minivet and the cuckoo-shrike.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas

It is impossible to mistake a minivet, but it is quite another matter to say to which species any particular minivet belongs.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas