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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A shy, secretive, ground-dwelling bird of the genus Atrichornis, found in Australia.
2. 2
   small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

scrub birdscrub-bird

Etymology

From scrub + bird.

Related phrases

noisy scrubbird

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