MINIVET

Etymology

Noun

minivet (plural minivets)

Any of about 13 species of passerine birds in the genus Pericrocotus of the cuckoo-shrike family of southern and eastern Asia.

Source: Wiktionary


Min"i*vet, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A singing bird of India of the family Campephagidæ.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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