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lightning birds

lightning birds is the plural of lightning bird.

Meaning of lightning bird

Noun

lightning bird (plural lightning birds)

  1. A mythological creature in South African tribal folklore: a large, vampiric, black and white bird that can summon thunder and lightning and is said to consume blood and to seduce women in the form of a man.
    Synonyms:
    impundulu

Questions about lightning birds

What is lightning birds the plural of?
Lightning birds is the plural of lightning bird.

Words near lightning birds in the dictionary

  1. lightning arrester
  2. lightning arresters
  3. lightning beetle
  4. lightning beetles
  5. lightning bird
  6. lightning birds
  7. lightning bolt
  8. lightning bolts
  9. lightning bruiser
  10. lightning bug
  11. lightning bugs

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