white-necked myna

noun

Streptocitta albicollis, a common species of myna often confused for a magpie due to its coloration, endemic to Indonesia.

OriginLatin albicollis →
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Meanings

nounwhite-necked myna (plural white-necked mynas)

plural white-necked mynas

  1. Streptocitta albicollis, a common species of myna often confused for a magpie due to its coloration, endemic to Indonesia.

Origin

  1. Latinalbicollis“white-necked”
  2. Englishwhite-necked myna

white + necked + myna, a partial calque of translingual Streptocitta albicollis, from Latin albicollis (“white-necked”).

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