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minivet|ˈmɪnɪvɪt|
[Etym. obscure.]
Any bird of the campophagine genus Pericrocotus.
1862Jerdon Birds of India I. 418 The Red Shrikes or Minivets (as Mr. Blyth has called them in the Museum Asiatic Society). Ibid. 425, I have found this Minivet extensively spread throughout India. 187.Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 30 The Grey Minivet (Pericrocotus cinereus). 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life iii. 44 The brilliant little minivets are almost equally universal. |