'myna' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a noun that refers to a type of bird, specifically a member of the starling family that is known for its ability to mimic human speech and other sounds. Example: I saw a group of mynas perched on the telephone wires, chattering away and mimicking the sounds of passing cars.
Tells about his pet myna bird, brought to him by a servant, which eventually escaped.
The dog is affectionate but doesn't say very much, so she bought a myna bird recently, in the hope that she could teach it to make up the difference with a few cheery words during the long evening.
George wasn't talking so loud, but the lady on the other end of the line sounded like a myna bird in extremis.
There were also Rothschild's myna birds and a lively puma.
Finally, I made out a myna, glowing against the dark branches, its tidy black body, the flash of orange at its beak.
Our neighborhood myna has long since flown away, but I still think of Carlos and his grandmother, and wonder who they might have been.
But it's only in New York on the way to the sole gorgeous sand strip in the world lying beneath the J.F.K. flight path that one will encounter a pack of smartly dressed women with full-sleeve tattoos who are volubly — and with their generation's blithe disregard for social niceties — squawking at myna-bird speed about their shopping and money and boyfriend habits, and even more intimate things.
In collaboration with longstanding Mona chef Vince Trim, Kaechele has designed a nine-course degustation feast, some of which is based on recipes in the book, which include sweet-and-sour cane-toad legs, myna-bird parfait, fox tikka masala and, most controversially, coal-roasted cat.
The Asian hill mynas (Gracula religiosa) are notable talking cage birds.
Birds in Meghalaya include peacocks, partridges, pigeons, hornbills, jungle fowls, mynas, and parrots.
Sturnidae, songbird family, order Passeriformes, consisting of the starlings and mynas, nearly 120 species of jaunty aggressive birds distributed worldwide.
