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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: tropical Asian starlings [syn: myna, mynah, mina, minah, myna bird, mynah bird]

Merriam Webster's

or myna noun Etymology: Hindi & Urdu main? hill mynah, from Sanskrit madana, a kind of bird Date: 1769 any of various Asian starlings (especially genera Acridotheres, Gracula, and Sturnus); especially a dark brown slightly crested bird (A. tristis) of southeastern Asia with a white tail tip and wing markings and bright yellow bill and feet — compare hill mynah

Britannica Concise

Any of several Asian songbird species of the starling family (Sturnidae). The hill mynah (Gracula religiosa) of S Asia, called the grackle in India, is about 10 in. (25 cm) long and glossy black with white wing patches, yellow wattles, and orange bill and legs. In the wild, it chuckles and shrieks; caged, it learns to imitate human speech far better than its chief rival, the gray parrot. The common, or Indian, mynah (Acridotheres tristis) was introduced into Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii. The crested mynah (A. cristatellus), native to China and Indonesia, was introduced into British Columbia, Canada, but has not spread.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Myna My"na, n. [See Mino bird.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic starlings of the genera Acridotheres, Sturnopastor, Sturnia, Gracula, and allied genera. In habits they resemble the European starlings, and like them are often caged and taught to talk. See Hill myna, under Hill, and Mino bird. [Spelt also mynah.]