noun
tropical Asian starlings
• Hypernyms: ↑starling
• Hyponyms: ↑crested myna, ↑Acridotheres tristis, ↑hill myna, ↑Indian grackle, ↑grackle, ↑Gracula religiosa
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mynah bird UK [ˈmaɪnə ˌbɜː(r)d] US [ˈmaɪnə ˌbɜrd] noun [countable] [singular mynah bird plural mynah birds]
a black bird that is often kept as a pet and can copy speech
Thesaurus: species of birdhyponym
Variant: myna bird
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a SE Asian bird with dark feathers, that can copy human speech
Word Origin:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.