mesite

See also: mésite

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

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Noun

mesite (plural mesites)

1. Any of three species of bird in the family Mesitornithidae endemic to Madagascar.

Derived terms

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

Translations

bird of the family Mesithornidae

• Finnish: kyyhkyrääkkä
• German: Stelzenralle f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Navajo: tsintah noołnahii
• Russian: мадагаска́рский пастушо́к m (madagaskárskij pastušók)

Anagrams

• Estime, Semite, Timese