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- noun Alternative spelling of
myna .
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- noun tropical Asian starlings
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Examples
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(Acridotheres tristis, also "mynah" bird) are aggressive towards Australia's native bird populations, frequently scaring them out of nesting sites.
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Fiordiligi was renamed Pualani, Dorabella became Keanani, and Despina was transformed into a girl from Maui named Leilani, who clearly understood that "to catch mynah bird, you use guava."
George Heymont: Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Celebrates 25 Years of Hula in San Francisco George Heymont 2010
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Most of all, though, Tommy talked about two things in that shop: Charlie the mynah bird and that damned spider monkey.
Charlie Christian Tomsey 2011
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Penn was clearly very proud of his mynah bird performance.
Oscar night ennui 2009
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There are a huge range of attractions, but these were our favourites: the aviary – the mynah bird repeated our Brummie "hello!"
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Fiordiligi was renamed Pualani, Dorabella became Keanani, and Despina was transformed into a girl from Maui named Leilani, who clearly understood that "to catch mynah bird, you use guava."
George Heymont: Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Celebrates 25 Years of Hula in San Francisco George Heymont 2010
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Exotic birds include Indian mynah Acridotheres tristis and barn owl Tyto alba affinis.
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The bicker of mynah birds awoke Emmanuel and he rolled out of bed.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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The bicker of mynah birds awoke Emmanuel and he rolled out of bed.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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The mynah bird still had its head tucked under its wing.
Confessional Marc Nash 2010
peacoat commented on the word mynah
From Hindi maina "a starling," from Skt. madana-s "love, passion," with a special sense of "bird."
February 12, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word mynah
I used to want a mynah bird in the worst way, when I used to watch "Twin Peaks" on T.V.
(Uh-oh, now everyone knows I'm old enough to have watched that show for the thirty seconds it was on...)
November 1, 2007
reesetee commented on the word mynah
I wouldn't mind having a mynah around. Or even a crow or raven, for that matter. :-)
I missed Twin Peaks on purpose. I deliberately blinked. ;->
November 1, 2007
uselessness commented on the word mynah
Before my time. Was that show as innuent as it sounds?
November 1, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word mynah
Don't listen to reesetee. It was good! The movies... eh. But the TV show was good.
November 2, 2007
skipvia commented on the word mynah
Never watched the show, but I have wanted a mynah bird (why do we always say "mynah bird and not just "mynah--we don't say "parrot bird"?...) ever since I remember.
November 2, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word mynah
Skipvia: I don't know. It's dumb. Like saying PIN number.
November 2, 2007
reesetee commented on the word mynah
Uh, exCUUSE me! I didn't say mynah bird! *self-satisfied*
It's also like saying tuna fish.
And c_b, I wasn't trashing the show. I just never watched it. I mostly remember the fuss over it more than anything else.
November 2, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word mynah
Well, I lived in rural Vermont at the time. There wasn't much fuss about it there, because nobody had a TV!
HUH! a-HUH-HUH!! <--upper-class twit laugh
November 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word mynah
What's your beef with tuna fish?
November 2, 2007
reesetee commented on the word mynah
A bit redundant. I like eating the stuff, mind you.
November 2, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word mynah
See also mino.
August 26, 2008