Bloodbird

Quick meaning: Bloodbird is a noun meaning An Australian honeyeater, the scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta).

Meaning

An Australian honeyeater, the scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta).

Example Sentences

At first only one bloodbird dipped low to catch insects in the last of the milkweed bursting their pods in the fields.

I was watching a lovely little read-headed honey-eater—that beautiful scarlet and black bird, familiarly known as the bloodbird— feeding busily in the top of a small turpentine tree, and ceasing operations now and again to utter his little running call.

Word Forms

• bloodbirds

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