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单词 dollar-bird
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dollar-birdn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dollar n., bird n.
Etymology: < dollar n. + bird n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdollar-bird.
An Australian bird of the genus Eurystomus, so called from a large round white spot on the wing.
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1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. v. 156 The dollar-bird passed with its arrow-like flight.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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