apostlebird
/əˈpɒslbɜːd/noun
1- a gregarious Australian bird of the mud-nester family, with grey, brown, and black plumage and a robust black bill灰短嘴澳鸦。
1.1
- Struthidea cinerea, family Corcoracidae (or Grallinidae).拉丁名Struthidea cinerea, 澳鸦科（或鹊鹩科）。
1.2
- Austral. any of a number of other gregarious birds, especially babblers〈澳〉群居鸟（尤指幽眉）。
词源
early 20th cent.: named from the supposed habit of these birds of going about in flocks of twelve.