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wattlebirds

wattlebirds is the plural of wattlebird.

Meaning of wattlebird

Noun

wattlebird (plural wattlebirds)

  1. Any of a group of Australian birds in the genus Anthochaera of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.
    • In Hobart Town it is frequently exposed for sale in the markets with Bronzewing Pigeons and Wattlebirds, where it is known by the name of Ground-Dove, an appellation which has doubtless been given both from its habit of running and feeding upon the ground like the Pigeons […]1865, John Gould, Handbook to The Birds of Australia, volume 1, page 434
  2. Any of three birds in the family Callaeidae, endemic to New Zealand.

Phrases with wattlebirds

Questions about wattlebirds

What is wattlebirds the plural of?
Wattlebirds is the plural of wattlebird.

Words near wattlebirds in the dictionary

  1. wattle turkeys
  2. wattle-and-daub
  3. wattle-eye
  4. wattle-eyes
  5. wattlebird
  6. wattlebirds
  7. wattled
  8. wattled crane
  9. wattled cranes
  10. wattled jacana
  11. wattled jacanas

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