"dollarbird" meaning in All languages combined

See dollarbird on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: dollarbirds [plural]
Etymology: dollar + bird. Named so because its white spots of wings resemble silver dollars, coins Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dollar|bird}} dollar + bird, {{quote-web|en|passage=|url=https://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/dollarbird#:~:text=Eurystomus%20orientalis&text=The%20Dollarbird%20gets%20its%20unusual,considered%20to%20resemble%20silver%20dollars.|work=Birdlife Australia}} (Can we date this quote?), Birdlife Australia: Head templates: {{en-noun}} dollarbird (plural dollarbirds)
  1. Eurystomus orientalis, a bird of the roller family, with distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings. Wikipedia link: dollarbird Categories (lifeform): Coraciiforms

Inflected forms

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