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pilotbird

pilotbird noun: a forest-dwelling species of songbird, Pycnoptilus floccosus, family Acanthizidae, of southeastern mainland Australia.

pilotbird: a forest-dwelling species of songbird, Pycnoptilus floccosus, family Acanthizidae, of southeastern...
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Noun

pilotbird (plural pilotbirds)

  1. A forest-dwelling species of songbird, Pycnoptilus floccosus, family Acanthizidae, of southeastern mainland Australia.
    • You may see, or hear, a pilot bird where the menura does not dwell; one pair, I know, has been at home for several years in a pocket of scrub near the roadway at Fern Tree Gully.1927 July 28, The Advocate, Melbourne, page 37, column 2

Forms of pilotbird

pluralpilotbirds

Origin of pilotbird

From pilot + bird.

Questions about pilotbird

What does pilotbird mean?
Pilotbird means a forest-dwelling species of songbird, Pycnoptilus floccosus, family Acanthizidae, of southeastern mainland Australia.
What part of speech is pilotbird?
Pilotbird is a noun.
What is the plural of pilotbird?
The plural of pilotbird is pilotbirds.

Words near pilotbird in the dictionary

  1. pilot-holes
  2. pilotability
  3. pilotable
  4. pilotage
  5. pilotages
  6. pilotbird
  7. pilotbirds
  8. piloted
  9. piloter
  10. piloters
  11. pilotess

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