mousebird

English

Etymology

mouse +‎ bird

Noun

mousebird (plural mousebirds)

Any of a group of possibly passerine arboreal birds of order Coliiformes, confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.

Synonyms

coly

Translations

bird of Coliiformes

Navajo: tsinlátahgi tsídii nahatʼeʼígíí

Russian: пти́ца-мышь f (ptíca-myšʹ), мыша́нка f (myšánka)

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