Home › Words › B › blightbirdblightbirdblightbird means any of various silvereyes.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, blightbird ranks #30,605 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyBlight + birdnounAny of various silvereyes.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.silvereye 71% match — A very small passerine bird, of species Zosterops lateralis, native to Australia, New Zealand, and nearby Pacific islands, having a ring of silvery feathers around the eye. vs blightbird →bloodbird 66% match — An Australian honeyeater, the scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta). vs blightbird →silverbird 62% match — A bird of the species Empidornis semipartitus, native to eastern Africa. vs blightbird →bluebreast 62% match — A small European bird, the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica). vs blightbird →bristlebill 61% match — Any of various African bulbuls of the genus Bleda, family Pycnonotidae. vs blightbird →blighter 61% match — One who blights. vs blightbird →crombec 60% match — Any of several small passerine birds in the genus Sylvietta. vs blightbird →figbird 60% match — Any of several frugivorous birds, of the genus Sphecotheres, from Australia. vs blightbird →