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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various birds with far-carrying bell-like calls, including the New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura), the crested bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) and bell miner (Manorina melanophrys) of Australia, and the neotropical bellbirds (Procnias spp.) of the Americas.
2. 2
   any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A suburb of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology

From bell + bird.

Related phrases

Bellbird Heightsbare-throated bellbirdpiping bellbirdrufous-naped bellbirdbell lerpbell minercrested bellbirdnew zealand bellbird

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