bellbird

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B0172800 (bĕl′bûrd′)n.1. Any of various tropical American birds of the family Cotingidae, having a characteristic bell-like call.2. Any of various birds of Australia and New Zealand that also have a bell-like call.

bellbird

(ˈbɛlˌbɜːd) n1. (Animals) any of several tropical American passerine birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call: family Cotingidae (cotingas)2. (Animals) either of two other birds with a bell-like call: an Australian flycatcher, Oreoica gutturalis (crested bellbird), or a New Zealand honeyeater, Anthornis melanura

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(ˈbɛlˌbɜrd)

n. any of several birds with vocalizations suggestive of a bell, esp. cotingas of the genus Procnias and a New Zealand honeyeater, Anthornis melanura. [1795–1805]

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bellbird - any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like callcotinga, chatterer - passerine bird of New World tropicsgenus Procnias, Procnias - bellbirds

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see cotingacotinga
, any of the New World tropical birds of the family Cotingidae. Cotingas range from N Argentina to the southern border of the United States; most are forest species and inhabit the highest treetops.
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Bellbird

(Procnias alba), a bird of the family Cotingidae of the order Passeriformes. The body of the bellbird is about 25 cm long. The male is white and the female is greenish. At the base of his beak the male has a bare, black, muscular caruncle. When the male makes a melodious bell-like call, the caruncle, which possibly acts as a resonator, becomes noticeably longer. Bellbirds are found in the mountain forests of the Guianas.

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noun any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call

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