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Definition of Gymnorhina tibicen
1. Noun. Crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged.
Exact synonyms: Piping Crow, Piping Crow-shrike
Generic synonyms: Australian Magpie
Group relationships: Genus Gymnorhina, Gymnorhina
Generic synonyms: Australian Magpie
Group relationships: Genus Gymnorhina, Gymnorhina
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gymnorhina Tibicen
Literary usage of Gymnorhina tibicen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Collections Contained in the Natural History Departments by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"This figure is the type of gymnorhina tibicen (Lath.). ... Another figure of
gymnorhina tibicen. Watling's note : " Three-fourths of its natural size. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1895)
"gymnorhina tibicen. Adult male.—Glossy bluish-black, except portions of the under-
parts and primaries, which are of a more brownish tinge, and except nape ..."
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