noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
2. 2
   tropical Asian starlings wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

magpieminaminahmyna birdmynahmynah bird

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā) / Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

Related phrases

Bali mynaIndian mynaJavan mynaSri Lanka hill mynaSulawesi mynaapo mynabank mynabare-eyed mynacollared mynacommon hill mynacommon mynacrested myna

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