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malurids

malurids is the plural of malurid.

Meaning of malurid

Noun

malurid (plural malurids)

  1. Any bird of the family Maluridae, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea.
    • Only a few of the 26 malurids have been studied sufficiently closely to reveal their social organization.1990, I. Rowley, E. Russell, “1: Splendid Fairy-wrens: demonstrating the importance of longevity”, in Peter B. Stacey, Walter D. Koenig, editors, Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Long Term Studies of...
    Synonyms:
    malurid wren, Australasian wren

Questions about malurids

What is malurids the plural of?
Malurids is the plural of malurid.

Words near malurids in the dictionary

  1. malunions
  2. malunited
  3. Maluno Norte
  4. Maluno Sur
  5. malurid
  6. malurids
  7. malus
  8. malus genius
  9. maluses
  10. Maluso
  11. malva

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