mynah bird — UK [ˈmaɪnə ˌbɜː(r)d] / US [ˈmaɪnə ˌbɜrd] or myna bird UK / US noun [countable] Word forms mynah bird : singular mynah bird plural mynah birds a black bird that is often kept as a pet and can copy speech … English dictionary
mynah bird — my|nah bird [ˈmaınə bə:d US bə:rd] n also mynah [Date: 1700 1800; : Hindi; Origin: maina] a large dark Asian bird that can copy human speech … Dictionary of contemporary English
mynah bird or myna bird — my|nah bird or my|na bird [ maınə ,bɜrd ] noun count a black bird that is often kept as a pet and can copy speech … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mynah — (also mynah bird) ► NOUN ▪ a southern Asian or Australasian starling with a loud call, some kinds of which can mimic human speech. ORIGIN Hindi … English terms dictionary
mynah — noun tropical Asian starlings • Syn: ↑myna, ↑mina, ↑minah, ↑myna bird, ↑mynah bird • Hypernyms: ↑starling • Hyponyms: ↑crested myna, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mynah — [ mʌɪnə] (also mynah bird or myna) noun a southern Asian or Australasian starling with a loud call, some kinds of which can mimic human speech. [Gracula religiosa (hill mynah) and other species.] Origin C18: from Hindi mainā … English new terms dictionary
mynah — (n.) type of passerine bird of India and the East, talking starling, 1769, from Hindi maina a starling, from Skt. madana delightful, joyful, related to madati it gladdens, lit. it bubbles, from PIE root *mad moist, wet (see MAST (Cf. mast) (n.2) … Etymology dictionary
myna bird — mynah bird UK [ˈmaɪnə ˌbɜː(r)d] / US [ˈmaɪnə ˌbɜrd] or myna bird UK / US noun [countable] Word forms mynah bird : singular mynah bird plural mynah birds a black bird that is often kept as a pet and can copy speech … English dictionary
mynah — or myna Any of several Asian songbird species of the starling family (Sturnidae). The hill mynah (Gracula religiosa) of southern Asia, called the grackle in India, is about 10 in. (25 cm) long and glossy black with white wing patches, yellow… … Universalium
mynah — myna my na, mynah my nah, n. [See {Mino bird}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic starlings of the genera {Acridotheres}, {Sturnopastor}, {Sturnia}, {Gracula}, and allied genera. In habits they resemble the European starlings, and … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
