Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any bird of the species of genus Phacellodomus.

  2. (archaic)A small South American bird (Anumbius annumbi) that builds a large and complex nest of twigs and thorns.

Origin

From thorn + bird.

From thorn + bird.

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Forms

plural: thornbirds
Singularthornbird
Pluralthornbirds

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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