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kingbirds

kingbirds is the plural of kingbird.

Meaning of kingbird

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

Phrases with kingbirds

Questions about kingbirds

What is kingbirds the plural of?
Kingbirds is the plural of kingbird.

Words near kingbirds in the dictionary

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

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