Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bell miner

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: bel-l min-er
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bellbird, a honeyeater of species Manorina melanophrys, endemic to southeastern Australia.

Example Sentences

"One species, the bell miner, is so keen on lerp and so protective of its sources that it fights off all other birds, including the small insectivorous ones that would eat the psyllids."

Etymology

Originally "bellbird", ornithologically altered to "bell miner" due to membership of the genus Mamorina, which were called "miners" owing to the similarity in appearance of Manorina melanocephala to the Indian myna.

Inflected Forms

bell miners (plural)

Questions

What does bell miner mean?: A bellbird, a honeyeater of species Manorina melanophrys, endemic to southeastern Australia.
Where does bell miner come from?: Originally "bellbird", ornithologically altered to "bell miner" due to membership of the genus Mamorina, which were called "miners" owing to the similarity in appearance of Manorina melanocephala to the Indian myna.

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