mavis

English - Turkish

Definition of mavis in English Turkish dictionary: ardıç kuşu; (isim) ardıçkuşu; {i} ardıçkuşu; pas rengi ardıçkuşu; paskanat ardıçkuş
song thrush: öter ardıç
song thrush: şarkı pamukçuk
song thrush: {i} ardıçkuşu
song thrush: (isim) ardıçkuşu

English - English

Definition of mavis in English English dictionary: A female given name
Rather an odd name, Mavis, isn't it? I at last ventured to observe. Yes, - but it suits her wonderfully. She sings quite as sweetly as any thrush, so she merits her designation..; song thrush; {i} female first name; from a poetical name for the song-thrush, mostly British usage since the end of the nineteenth century; The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus musicus); common Old World thrush noted for its song
mavis skate: bottlenose skate
Mavis Gallant: orig. Mavis de Trafford Young born Aug. 11, 1922, Montreal, Que., Can. Canadian-born French writer. She moved to Europe in 1950 and settled in Paris. Her essays, novels, plays, and especially short stories delineate in unsentimental prose and with trenchant wit the isolation, detachment, and fear that afflict rootless North American and European expatriates. The New Yorker has published more than 100 of her stories (more than of any other writer) and much of her nonfiction

mavis

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Ma·vis

meyvîs

/ˈmāvəs/ /ˈmeɪvɪs/

() Coined in the end of the 19th century from a poetical name for the song thrush.

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