"mousebird" meaning in English

See mousebird in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mousebirds [plural]
Etymology: From mouse + bird. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mouse|bird}} mouse + bird Head templates: {{en-noun}} mousebird (plural mousebirds)
  1. Any of a group of arboreal birds of the family Coliidae within the order Coliiformes, confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs. Synonyms: coly Translations (bird of Coliiformes): myšák [masculine] (Czech), muisvogel [masculine] (Dutch), Mausvogel [masculine] (German), tsinlátah tsídii nahatʼeʼígíí (Navajo), czepiga [feminine] (Polish), пти́ца-мышь (ptíca-myšʹ) [feminine] (Russian), мыша́нка (myšánka) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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