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Definition of Minivet
1. n. A singing bird of India of the family Campephagidæ.
Definition of Minivet
1. Noun. Any of about 13 species of passerine birds in the genus ''Pericrocotus'' of the cuckoo-shrike family of southern and eastern Asia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Minivet
1. a brightly coloured shrike-like bird [n -S]
Medical Definition of Minivet
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Minivet
Literary usage of Minivet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1889)
"The Orange minivet is a permanent resident, and is not uncommon, all along the
... Pericrocotus peregrinus, Inn. The Small minivet is generally distributed ..."
2. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"The brilliantly- colored Indian scarlet minivet {Pericrocotus speciosus), ...
Nesting in April, this minivet constructs a beautiful cup-shaped nest of moss ..."
3. A Catalogue of the Birds of Sind: Cutch, Káthiáwár, North Gujarát, and Mount by Edward Arthur Butler (1879)
"The Short-billed minivet.— Descr. Jerdon, I; also vide "SF" V, 174, 187. Loc.
... The Small minivet.—Descr. Jerdon I; "SF" I, 177, and V, 174, 179. Loc. ..."
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