any of various tropical Asian starlings of the genera Acridotheres, Gracula, etc, esp G. religiosa (see hill mynah), some of which can mimic human speech
Word origin
C18: from Hindi mainā, from Sanskrit madana
Examples of 'mynah' in a sentence
mynah
I'd been told that the Electra affair was a publicity stunt, and my stolen mynah had been returned.
Isabel Wolff RESCUING ROSE (2002)
A shiny black mynah bird in a red cage just above Billy's head ordered everyone to `finish up "because it was closing time.
Ian St James Awards AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE (2002)
I reached down the mynah bird handbook to have my diagnosis confirmed.