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• scrub-bird
  scrub-bird

  noun

  either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.
• scrub bird
  scrub bird

  noun

  either of two fast-running wren-like passerine birds, Atrichornis clamosus or A. rufescens, that constitute the Australian family Atrichornithidae

scrub-bird

American  

[skruhb-burd] / ˈskrʌbˌbɜrd /

noun

1. either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.

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scrub bird British  

noun

1. either of two fast-running wren-like passerine birds, Atrichornis clamosus or A. rufescens, that constitute the Australian family Atrichornithidae

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Etymology

Origin of scrub-bird

First recorded in 1865–70; scrub ² + bird