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单词 scrub-bird
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scrub-bird

[ skruhb-burd ]
/ ˈskrʌbˌbɜrd /

noun

either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.

Origin of scrub-bird

First recorded in 1865–70; scrub2 + bird

Words nearby scrub-bird

scroungy, Scrovegni Chapel, scrub, scrubbed, scrubber, scrub-bird, scrubboard, scrub brush, scrubby, scrubdown, scrub fowl
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British Dictionary definitions for scrub-bird

scrub bird

noun

either of two fast-running wren-like passerine birds, Atrichornis clamosus or A. rufescens, that constitute the Australian family Atrichornithidae
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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