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mistletoebird

mistletoebird noun: an Australian flowerpecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that commonly eats and thereby serves to spread mistletoe.

mistletoebird: an Australian flowerpecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that commonly eats and thereby serves to spread...
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Noun

mistletoebird (plural mistletoebirds)

  1. An Australian flowerpecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that commonly eats and thereby serves to spread mistletoe.

Forms of mistletoebird

pluralmistletoebirds

Origin of mistletoebird

From mistletoe + bird.

Questions about mistletoebird

What does mistletoebird mean?
Mistletoebird means an Australian flowerpecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that commonly eats and thereby serves to spread mistletoe.
What part of speech is mistletoebird?
Mistletoebird is a noun.
What is the plural of mistletoebird?
The plural of mistletoebird is mistletoebirds.

Words near mistletoebird in the dictionary

  1. mistletoe
  2. mistletoe cacti
  3. mistletoe cactus
  4. mistletoe fig
  5. mistletoe figs
  6. mistletoebird
  7. mistletoebirds
  8. mistletoed
  9. mistletoeing
  10. mistletoes
  11. mistletos

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