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mesite

mesite noun: any of three species of bird in the family Mesitornithidae within the order Mesitornithiformes, endemic to Madagascar.

mesite: any of three species of bird in the family Mesitornithidae within the order Mesitornithiformes,...
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Noun

mesite (plural mesites)

  1. Any of three species of bird in the family Mesitornithidae within the order Mesitornithiformes, endemic to Madagascar.

mesite meaning in Tamil

mesite in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Forms of mesite

pluralmesites

Origin of mesite

From French mésite (“mesite”), named by the zoologist Isidore Geoffroy in 1838. Perhaps from Ancient Greek μεσίτης (mesítēs, “mediator”), for these birds are of medium size.

Words formed from mesite

  • brown mesite
  • Mesitornis unicolor
  • subdesert mesite
  • Monias benschi
  • white-breasted mesite
  • Mesitornis variegatus

Questions about mesite

What does mesite mean?
Mesite means any of three species of bird in the family Mesitornithidae within the order Mesitornithiformes, endemic to Madagascar.
What is mesite in Tamil?
Mesite in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Mesite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mesite?
Mesite is a noun.
What is the plural of mesite?
The plural of mesite is mesites.

Words near mesite in the dictionary

  1. mesirah
  2. mesisol
  3. mesisols
  4. mesistele
  5. mesisteles
  6. mesite
  7. mesites
  8. mesitoate
  9. mesitoates
  10. mesitoic acid
  11. mesitol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mesite (page history and authors); mesite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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