mousebird

English

Etymology

From mouse +‎ bird.

Noun

mousebird (plural mousebirds)

  1. Any of a group of arboreal birds of the family Coliidae within the order Coliiformes, confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.

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