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Definition of Myna bird
1. Noun. Tropical Asian starlings.
Generic synonyms: Starling
Specialized synonyms: Acridotheres Tristis, Crested Myna, Grackle, Gracula Religiosa, Hill Myna, Indian Grackle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myna Bird
Literary usage of Myna bird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wilderness and Its Tenants: A Series of Geographical and Other Essays by John Madden (1897)
"Rooks and Rookeries. The Rook as an Aristocratic Bird. Birds that Live in Great
Cities. The London Sparrow. The Indian Grey Crow. The Myna-Bird of India. ..."
2. Australia and Homeward by Daniel Vannorman Lucas (1888)
"... are none which can be counted song-birds. The myna-bird begins very like the
robin and gives you about three notes, then he stops and begins again. ..."
3. A Memoir of Henry Jacob Bigelow by William Sturgis Bigelow (1900)
"At another time his visitor would be startled by a most unceremonious address
from a myna bird, to which he had taught certain phrases which could not fail ..."
4. Sheikh and Disciple by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (1983)
"No, it is not exclusively for a myna bird, a parrot, or a dove; all God's creations
are free to eat and enjoy those fruits. Each creation that comes in ..."
5. An Oriental Land of the Free: Or, Life and Mission Work Among the Laos of by John Haskell Freeman (1910)
"The myna bird perches gravely on the back of the grazing buffalo, and searches
for his food, to the evident relief of the great beast. ..."
6. The Diary of William Hedges, Esq. (afterwards Sir William Hedges), During by William Hedges (1889)
"... myna bird, 334 Myrtle, Wild, 332 Nabob of Bengala (or of Dacca), his exactions,
22 ; his remarks on English, 30, 235 ; disowns Articles of ..."
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