Definitions
Examples
“(Acridotheres tristis, also "mynah" bird) are aggressive towards Australia's native bird populations, frequently scaring them out of nesting sites.”
“Most of all, though, Tommy talked about two things in that shop: Charlie the mynah bird and that damned spider monkey.”
“Fiordiligi was renamed Pualani, Dorabella became Keanani, and Despina was transformed into a girl from Maui named Leilani, who clearly understood that "to catch mynah bird, you use guava.”
“Penn was clearly very proud of his mynah bird performance.”
“There are a huge range of attractions, but these were our favourites: the aviary – the mynah bird repeated our Brummie "hello!”
“The mynah bird still had its head tucked under its wing.”
“Exotic birds include Indian mynah Acridotheres tristis and barn owl Tyto alba affinis.”
“The bicker of mynah birds awoke Emmanuel and he rolled out of bed.”
“South America, mynah birds and Old World climbing ferns from Asia, vervet monkeys from Africa, ladybird beetles from Australia, and feral cats from”
“On this album from Roller Ship ahbez sings of mynah birds, snakes being chased by mongooses, and his banana, in no particular order of significance.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mynah’.
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chained_bear See also mino. Aug 26, 2008
reesetee A bit redundant. I like eating the stuff, mind you. Nov 2, 2007
jennarenn What's your beef with tuna fish? Nov 2, 2007
chained_bear Well, I lived in rural Vermont at the time. There wasn't much fuss about it there, because nobody had a TV!
HUH! a-HUH-HUH!! <--upper-class twit laugh Nov 1, 2007
reesetee Uh, exCUUSE me! I didn't say mynah bird! *self-satisfied*
It's also like saying tuna fish.
And c_b, I wasn't trashing the show. I just never watched it. I mostly remember the fuss over it more than anything else. Nov 1, 2007
chained_bear Skipvia: I don't know. It's dumb. Like saying PIN number. Nov 1, 2007
skipvia Never watched the show, but I have wanted a mynah bird (why do we always say "mynah bird and not just "mynah--we don't say "parrot bird"?...) ever since I remember. Nov 1, 2007
chained_bear Don't listen to reesetee. It was good! The movies... eh. But the TV show was good. Nov 1, 2007
uselessness Before my time. Was that show as innuent as it sounds? Nov 1, 2007
reesetee I wouldn't mind having a mynah around. Or even a crow or raven, for that matter. :-)
I missed Twin Peaks on purpose. I deliberately blinked. ;-> Nov 1, 2007
chained_bear I used to want a mynah bird in the worst way, when I used to watch "Twin Peaks" on T.V.
(Uh-oh, now everyone knows I'm old enough to have watched that show for the thirty seconds it was on...) Nov 1, 2007
peacoat From Hindi maina "a starling," from Skt. madana-s "love, passion," with a special sense of "bird." Feb 12, 2007