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| English Dictionary: hill myna |
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| 2 results for hill myna |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- hill myna
- n
- glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
Synonym(s): hill myna, Indian grackle, grackle, Gracula religiosa
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Hill \Hill\, n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil,
L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d
{Holm}.]
1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising
above the common level of the surrounding land; an
eminence less than a mountain.
Every mountain and hill shall be made low. --Is. xl.
4.
2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of
plants. [U. S.] See {Hill}, v. t.
3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close
together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a
hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.]
{Hill ant} (Zo[94]l.), a common ant ({Formica rufa}), of
Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over
its nests.
{Hill myna} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of birds of
India, of the genus {Gracula}, and allied to the
starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words.
[Written also {hill mynah}.] See {Myna}.
{Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a partridge of the genus
{Aborophila}, of which numerous species in habit Southern
Asia and the East Indies.
{Hill tit} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small
Asiatic singing birds of the family {Leiotrichid[91]}.
Many are beautifully colored.
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