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kingbird

kingbird noun: any of various large insectivorous tyrant-flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus.

Noun

kingbird (plural kingbirds)

  1. Any of various large insectivorous tyrant-flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus.
  2. (obsolete) A king bird of paradise.
    • After the first king-bird was obtained, I went with my men into the forest, and we were not only rewarded with another in equally perfect plumage, but I was enabled to see a little of the habits of both it and the larger species.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 224

Forms of kingbird

pluralkingbirds

Origin of kingbird

From king + bird.

Words formed from kingbird

Questions about kingbird

What does kingbird mean?
Kingbird means any of various large insectivorous tyrant-flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus.
What part of speech is kingbird?
Kingbird is a noun.
What is the plural of kingbird?
The plural of kingbird is kingbirds.

Words near kingbird in the dictionary

  1. king-of-the-salmon
  2. king-size
  3. king-sized
  4. Kinga
  5. KINGAFAP
  6. kingbird
  7. kingbirds
  8. kingbolt
  9. kingbolts
  10. Kingborough
  11. kingcake

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