Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Australian honey-eater, Myzomela sanguineolcnta: so called from the red color of its plumage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An Australian honeysucker (
Myzomela sanguineolata ); -- so called from the bright red color of the male bird.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
Australian honeysucker , Myzomela sanguineolata.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
blood + bird, from the bright red colour of the male.
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Examples
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My bloodbird emitted a short cry and rose into the air.
The Courts of Chaos Zelazny, Roger 1978
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