Meaning of bloodbird | Babel Free
Definitions
An Australian honeyeater, the scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta).
Examples
“I was watching a lovely little read-headed honey-eater—that beautiful scarlet and black bird, familiarly known as the bloodbird— feeding busily in the top of a small turpentine tree, and ceasing operations now and again to utter his little running call⟳.”
“At first only one bloodbird dipped low to catch⟳ insects in the last⟳ of the milkweed bursting their pods in the fields.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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