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mousebird

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

noun

  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.

Etymology

From mouse + bird.

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