jacky winter

noun

A bird (Microeca fascinans) in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.

Meanings

nounjacky winter (plural jacky winters)

plural jacky winters · alternative jacky-winter · alternative jackywinter

  1. A bird (Microeca fascinans) in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.

Origin

From jacky + winter, imitative of its call.

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