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minivet in British English
(ˈmɪnɪvɛt)
noun
any brightly coloured tropical Asian cuckoo shrike of the genus Pericrocotus
Word origin
C19: of unknown originminivet in American English
(ˈmɪnəˌvet)
noun
any of several small, long-tailed Asian cuckoo-shrikes of the genus Pericrocotus, having in the male black and red and in the female black and orange plumage
Word origin
[1860–65; orig. uncert.]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blind spot, calibrate, monism, pop-up, prepImage ofminivet
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