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ma⋅vis

  [mey-vis]
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–noun British (chiefly Literary).
a song thrush.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME mavys < AF mauviz, prob. equiv. to ma(u)ve seagull (< OE mæw mew 2 ) + -iz of unclear orig.

Ma⋅vis

  [mey-vis]
–noun
a female given name.
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ma·vis   (mā'vĭs)   
n.  See song thrush.

[Middle English, from Old French mauvis, probably from mauve, seagull, mew.]
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