noun
(also satbhai)
Indian The jungle babbler, Turdoides striata (family Leiotrichidae).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Caverhill Jerdon (1811–1872), army medical officer and zoologist. From Bengali sātbhāi from sāt seven (from Sanskrit sapta) + bhāi brother (cognate with Hindi bhāī see bhai [noun]), so called because they are often observed in small groups, probably with reference to a local folk tale.
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