kingbird
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kingbird (plural kingbirds)
- Any of various large insectivorous tyrant-flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus.
- (obsolete) A king bird of paradise.
- 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 224:
- After the first king-bird was obtained, I went with my men into the forest, and we were not only rewarded with another in equally perfect plumage, but I was enabled to see a little of the habits of both it and the larger species.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]bird of Tyrannus
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