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mynah bird

n. tropical Asian starlings [syn: myna, mynah, mina, minah, myna bird]

Usage examples of "mynah bird".

She was eying the cat, who was staring fixedly at the mynah bird in its cage.

Laura Scott was lying unconscious on the floor of her living room, a huge cat curled up on her back and a mynah bird squawking on the seat of a chair just a foot from her head.

In addition, she gently questioned the wisdom of naming the mynah bird after an aging, though much-beloved, \ TV singer.

In addition, she gently questioned the wisdom of naming the mynah bird after an aging, though much-beloved, TV singer.

Only to get her nails into my Joseph she will repeat any rubbish he talks, like one stupid mynah bird.

On his back was a black mynah bird that remained silent as he hitched a ride.

There was a coffee shop open and I bought scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, and juice, taking my time about breakfast while I read a human-interest story about a man who'd left all his money to a mynah bird.

We arrived near dusk and Melos took us to our cottage, and introduced us to our housekeeper - a sister of his named Helena, a small, plump woman of mature years who chattered like a mynah bird whether anyone was listening or not.

Their speaker was their mascot, the trained mynah bird, Blackboard, whom they had acquired in a previous case.

Since there were no witnesses around now, I opted for my usual shortcut, and had him talking like a mynah bird in a very few minutes.

Sometimes these cages were completely deserted but at other times they would contain a few parrots, parakeets, canaries, cockatoos, or a mynah bird.