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bell·bird

(bĕl′bûrd′)

1. Any of various tropical American birds of the family Cotingidae, having a characteristic bell-like call.

2. Any of various birds of Australia and New Zealand that also have a bell-like call.

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bellbird

(ˈbɛlˌbɜːd)

1. (Animals) any of several tropical American passerine birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call: family Cotingidae (cotingas)

2. (Animals) either of two other birds with a bell-like call: an Australian flycatcher, Oreoica gutturalis (crested bellbird), or a New Zealand honeyeater, Anthornis melanura

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bell•bird

(ˈbɛlˌbɜrd)

n.

any of several birds with vocalizations suggestive of a bell, esp. cotingas of the genus Procnias and a New Zealand honeyeater, Anthornis melanura.

[1795–1805]

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bellbird - any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call

cotinga, chatterer - passerine bird of New World tropics

genus Procnias, Procnias - bellbirds

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