minah
- noun
- /ˈmɪnə/
- UK
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mina
- A minah perched on the telephone wire, repeating the farmer’s laughter with uncanny accuracy.
Examples
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Many tourists are fascinated by the minah for its remarkable ability to mimic human speech.
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The forest was alive with the chattering calls of the local minahs at dawn.
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The minah sang beautifully in the morning.
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Have you ever seen a minah in the wild?
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A minah perched on the telephone wire, repeating the farmer's laughter with uncanny accuracy.
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Many tourists are fascinated by the minah for its remarkable ability to mimic human speech.
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The forest was alive with the chattering calls of the local minahs at dawn.
Synonyms
5
9.9
A loud Asian bird like a starling often kept as a pet that can copy human speech
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8.9
A bird from tropical Asia that often copies human speech
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7.7
A bird like a starling from tropical Asia that makes loud calls and copies sounds
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7.5
A tropical bird from Asia that copies human speech and is often kept as a pet
1
7.3
A tropical Asian bird with glossy black feathers that copies sounds
A shiny black bird from Asia that can copy human speech
An Asian glossy black bird that can copy human speech
Surface Forms
Etymology
Minah comes from the Hindi word mainā, the local name for these noisy, talkative birds that 'mimic' sounds and speech. So a minah is a tropical Asian starling known for loud calls and its ability to copy people and other noises.