scrubbird
scrubbird · scrubbirds
A shy, secretive, ground-dwelling bird of the genus Atrichornis, found in AustraliaA shy, secretive, ground-dwelling bird of the genus Atrichornis, found in Australia.
Meaning
1 sensesA shy, secretive, ground-dwelling bird of the genus Atrichornis, found in Australia.
More definitions
- small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub
Origin
From scrub + bird.From scrub + bird.
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Forms
plural: scrubbirdsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub:scrub-birdscrub bird
Word family
1 related wordsDerivednoisy scrubbird
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.