Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noisy miner

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: noisy min-er
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grey honeyeater (Manorina melanocephala), that has a large range of songs, calls, and alarms, is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia, and has a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, and a yellow patch behind the eye.

Example Sentences

"By keeping small birds out of huge areas and fatally degrading their habitat, the noisy miner has had a devastating effect on dry woodlands and the birds that ought to live in them."

Etymology

'Miner' is a spelling variant of 'myna', a name given to this bird due to its superficial resemblance to the myna.

Inflected Forms

noisy miners (plural)

Phrases

common miner common myna common mynah Indian myna Indian mynah

Frequently Paired Words

common miner common myna common mynah Indian myna Indian mynah

Synonyms

native miner noisy myna native myna

Questions

What does noisy miner mean?: A grey honeyeater (Manorina melanocephala), that has a large range of songs, calls, and alarms, is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia, and has a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, and a yellow patch behind the eye.
Where does noisy miner come from?: 'Miner' is a spelling variant of 'myna', a name given to this bird due to its superficial resemblance to the myna.

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