"kingbird" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: kingbirds [plural]
Etymology: From king + bird. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|king|bird}} king + bird Head templates: {{en-noun}} kingbird (plural kingbirds)
  1. Any of various large insectivorous tyrant-flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus. Translations (bird of Tyrannus): ᏗᎴᏆ (dilequa) (Cherokee), koningstiran [masculine] (Dutch), chʼiyíítʼogii (Navajo), wiindigoo-bineshiinh (Ojibwe), suiriri [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-kingbird-en-noun-Zv3GucNe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Ojibwe translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Tyrant flycatchers Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Ojibwe translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Tyrant flycatchers: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'bird of Tyrannus': 87 13
  2. (obsolete) A king bird of paradise. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-kingbird-en-noun-PNYXYxVG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: loggerhead kingbird

Inflected forms

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