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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The 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. [1913 Webster] Every mountain and hill shall be made low. --Is. xl. 4. [1913 Webster] 2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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