bell miner

noun

A bellbird, a honeyeater of species Manorina melanophrys, endemic to southeastern Australia.

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Meanings

nounbell miner (plural bell miners)

plural bell miners

  1. A bellbird, a honeyeater of species Manorina melanophrys, endemic to southeastern Australia.

    One species, the bell miner, is so keen on lerp and so protective of its sources that it fights off all other birds, including the small insectivorous ones that would eat the psyllids.

    2016 December, Nigel Andrew, “Beware the Cassowary”, in Literary Review

Origin

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.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 鐘礦鳥 /钟矿鸟, 礦吸蜜鳥 /矿吸蜜鸟
  • 鐘礦鳥 /钟矿鸟 (zhōng kuàng-niǎo)Manorina melanophrys
  • 礦吸蜜鳥 /矿吸蜜鸟 (kuàng xīmì-niǎo)Manorina melanophrys
Italian Uccello campanello australiano
  • Uccello campanello australianoManorina melanophrys
Japanese スズミツスイ, 鈴蜜吸
  • スズミツスイManorina melanophrys
  • 鈴蜜吸 (suzu-mitsusui)Manorina melanophrys
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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