hill myna

2 definitions found

hill myna - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hill \Hill\, n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil,
     L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d
     Holm.]
     1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising
        above the common level of the surrounding land; an
        eminence less than a mountain.
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              Every mountain and hill shall be made low. --Is. xl.
                                                    4.
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     2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of
        plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
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     3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close
        together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a
        hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.]
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     Hill ant (Zool.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe
        and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its
        nests.
  
     Hill myna (Zool.), one of several species of birds of
        India, of the genus Gracula, and allied to the
        starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words.
        [Written also hill mynah.] See Myna.
  
     Hill partridge (Zool.), a partridge of the genus
        Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern
        Asia and the East Indies.
  
     Hill tit (Zool.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic
        singing birds of the family Leiotrichid[ae]. Many are
        beautifully colored.
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hill myna - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hill myna
      n 1: glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
           [syn: hill myna, Indian grackle, grackle, Gracula religiosa
           ]