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ALL meanings of bellbird

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  • noun bellbird any of several tropical American passerine birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call: family Cotingidae (cotingas) 3
  • noun bellbird either of two other birds with a bell-like call: an Australian flycatcher, Oreoica gutturalis (crested bellbird), or a New Zealand honeyeater, Anthornis melanura 3
  • noun bellbird any of various birds that make bell-like sounds, as certain honeyeaters 3
  • noun bellbird any of several birds having a loud bell-like cry, especially Anthornis melanura, a honey eater of New Zealand, and Procnias tricarunculata (three-wattled bellbird) of Central America. 1
  • noun bellbird Any of various birds with a far-carrying bell-like call, including the crested bellbird, Oreoica gutturalis, the New Zealand bellbird, Anthornis melanura and the neotropical bellbirds of the genus Procnias. 0
  • noun bellbird (Australia) The bell miner, Manorina melanophrys, a bird that feeds on bell lerps (a variety of psyllid). 0
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