Etymology

bell miner

Today it means: A bellbird, a honeyeater of species Manorina melanophrys, endemic to southeastern Australia. Full definition →

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Originally "bellbird", ornithologically altered to "bell miner" due to membership of the genus Mamorina, which were called "miners" owing to the similarity in appearance of Manorina melanocephala to the Indian myna.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.