bellbird Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call

WordNet

Bell"bird` noun
Etymology
So called from their notes.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidæ, of several species; the campanero. (b) The Myzantha melanophrys of Australia.

Webster 1913