Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various tropical American birds of the family Cotingidae, having a characteristic bell-like call.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The arapunga.
- n. An Australian bird of the family Meliphagidæ, the Manorhina (or Myzantha) melanophrys, whose notes resemble the sound of a bell.
- n. An Australian piping crow, of the genus Strepera, as S. graculina. Also called bell-magpie.
- n. In New Zealand, one of the Meliphagidæ, Anthornis melanura.
- n. In Australia, Oreoica gutturalis, one of the shrikes.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of various birds with a far-carrying bell-like call, including the crested bellbird, Oreoica gutturalis, the New Zealand bellbird, Anthornis melanura and the neotropical bellbirds of the genus Procnias.
- n. Australia The bell miner, Manorina melanophrys, a bird that feeds on bell lerps (a variety of psyllid).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A South and Central American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family
Cotingidæ , of several species; the campanero. - n. The Myzantha melanophrys of Australia.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call
Etymologies
- bell bird (Wiktionary)
Examples
“We heard the calling of the false bellbird, which is gray instead of white like the true bellbirds; it keeps among the very topmost branches.”
“Other endangered restricted range species that migrate seasonally to this ecoregion are the three-wattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata) and the bare-necked umbrella bird (Cephalopterus glabricollis).”
“For example, Ocotea endresiana (Lauraceae) is a tree species from Latin America which is dispersed by several species of birds, including the three-wattled bellbird.”
“Some of the most charismatic cloud forest species such as the resplendent quetzal (Pharomacrus mocinno) and three-wattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata) are equally dependent on the seasonal moist forests as they migrate annually to these moist forests at the completion of their breeding season.”
“Or perhaps males of the national bird of Paraguay, the bare-throated bellbird, feel attracted to other male birds?”
“Scientists are especially concerned over the fate of many cloud-forest birds, such as the resplendent quetzal, with its streaming tail feather, and the three-wattled bellbird, so named for its patented clanging call.”
“The solitary bellbird chiefly, whose voice may he heard sometimes, disturbs the primeval solitude with its single sharp note, which resounds through the grove with so great a resemblance to a sheep bell that it requires”
“To think of a crow singing like a bellbird was impossible; cry and function fitted perfectly.”
“The sky was utterly blue overhead; sunlight spilled on the wide green sweep of land; wind brought him the faint crystal laughter of a bellbird.”
“Anyhow, that's the bellbird; and I sent him word yesterday by one o 'them tattlin' finches to be on hand just about this time.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bellbird’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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Bells and Whistles
Liberty Bell, Belle and Sebastian, Whistler's Mother, whistle stop, pennywhistle, whistle pig, wolf whistle, wet your whistle, barbell, bell jar, Bell's palsy, bell pepper and 138 more...
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Bird birds
Birds that have the word bird in their names. (This list also includes some general descriptions of certain kinds of birds - wading birds, water birds, &c.) For other bird-related fun (especially p...
blackbird, bluebird, bird of paradise, tropicbird, boatswain bird, secretary bird, millerbird, frigatebird, surfbird, kingbird, catbird, bellbird and 69 more...
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The Organism Orchestra
List of organism names, common or scientific, with a musical instrument as part of the name, such as banjofish, or words and phrases such as birdsong or dawn chorus that suggest music produced by a...
banjofish, birdsong, dawn chorus, fiddler crab, piano fangblenny, trumpeter swan, banjo catfish, harp seal, songbird, guitarfish, cornetfish, flutefish and 53 more...
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Australian Fauna
endemic species of terra australis
phascogale, wombat, ornithoryncus, wambenger, tuan, potoroo, platypus, echidna, bilby, bandicoot, antechinus, numbat and 101 more...
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Still More Bird Wirds
A work in progress....Birds from around the world (other than endemic to North America).
barbet, hornbill, trogon, bee-eater, bristlehead, wren-babbler, stubtail, blackeye, bush warbler, cassowary, bowerbird, bird-of-paradise and 722 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bellbird.
reesetee Not to be confused with the Three-Wattled Bellbird from Central America. At close range, the male's song is a complex three-part tune, with the final "bonk" giving the bird its name. This "bonk" is thought to be among the loudest bird calls on Earth, audible to humans from more than a half mile away. Nov 26, 2007
bilby An Australian bird whose piping call resembles the sound of a small bell. Nov 25, 2007