kingbird

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noun

Any of various large insectivorous tyrant-flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus.

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Meanings

nounkingbird (plural kingbirds)

plural kingbirds

  1. Any of various large insectivorous tyrant-flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus.
  2. obsoleteA king bird of paradise.

    After the first king-bird was obtained, I went with my men into the forest, and we were not only rewarded with another in equally perfect plumage, but I was enabled to see a little of the habits of both it and the larger species.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 224

Origin

From king + bird.

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Translations

Dutch koningstiran
  • koningstiranbird of Tyrannus
Portuguese suiriri
  • suiriribird of Tyrannus
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APA

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Chicago

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