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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MINIVET

MINIVET Min "i *vet, n. (Zoöl.)

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

minivet

minivet |ˈmɪnɪvɪt | ▶noun a boldly patterned Asian cuckoo-shrike (songbird ), the male of which is typically red and black, and the female yellow and grey. ●Genus Pericrocotus, family Campephagidae: several species. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

minivet

minivet |ˈmɪnɪvɪt | ▶noun a boldly patterned Asian cuckoo-shrike (songbird ), the male of which is typically red and black, and the female yellow and grey. ●Genus Pericrocotus, family Campephagidae: several species. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.