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dollarbird

dollarbird noun: eurystomus orientalis, a bird of the roller family, with distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings.

Noun

dollarbird (plural dollarbirds)

  1. Eurystomus orientalis, a bird of the roller family, with distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings.

Forms of dollarbird

pluraldollarbirds

Origin of dollarbird

From dollar + bird. Named so because its white spots of wings resemble silver dollar coins.

Questions about dollarbird

What does dollarbird mean?
Dollarbird means eurystomus orientalis, a bird of the roller family, with distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings.
What part of speech is dollarbird?
Dollarbird is a noun.
What is the plural of dollarbird?
The plural of dollarbird is dollarbirds.

Words near dollarbird in the dictionary

  1. dollar-speaking
  2. dollar-store
  3. dollarable
  4. dollaraire
  5. dollaraires
  6. dollarbird
  7. dollarbirds
  8. dollarbuck
  9. dollarbucks
  10. dollarchaser
  11. dollarchasers

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