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dollarbird

The English word “dollarbird” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Eurystomus orientalis, a bird of the roller family, with distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings.

Etymology

From dollar + bird. Named so because its white spots of wings resemble silver dollar coins.

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