Definitions for mynas

mynas my·na

Spelling: [mahy-nuh]
IPA: /ˈmaɪ nə/

Mynas is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in mynas (amnsy).

Definitions for mynas

noun

  1. any of several Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae, especially those of the genera Acridotheres and Gracula, certain species of which have the ability to mimic speech and are kept as pets.

Origin of mynas

First recorded in 1760-70, myna is from the Hindi word mainā

Examples for mynas

Among the latter the most prominent are the grey-necked crow, the koel, the myna, the king-crow and the magpie-robin.

The other species of myna follow the plough, but not so consistently as the bank myna.

My experience shows him to be nearly as omnivorous as the myna.

The same may be said of the myna, the king-crow, and a great many other birds and beasts.

What a transformation does a shower of rain effect in the myna.

Owing to the self-assertion of the myna he is apt to be quarrelsome.

He dashed about the cage like a thing demented, and so alarmed the myna that I had to let him out.

A myna is a self-assertive bird, a bird that will stand no nonsense.

The only other myna commonly seen in Himalayan hill stations is the jungle myna (Æthiopsar fuscus).

Indeed the usual lure bird for a red-headed merlin is a myna.

Word Value for mynas
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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