Bloodbird
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An Australian honeyeater, the scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta).
"I was watching a lovely little read-headed honey-eater—that beautiful scarlet and black bird, familiarly known as the bloodbird— feeding busily in the top of a small turpentine tree, and ceasing operations now and again to utter his little running call."
Example
More examples"I was watching a lovely little read-headed honey-eater—that beautiful scarlet and black bird, familiarly known as the bloodbird— feeding busily in the top of a small turpentine tree, and ceasing operations now and again to utter his little running call."
Etymology
From blood + bird, from the bright red colour of the male.
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