Words & TermsWork, bush and rural life
flying cane toad
A disparaging nickname for the common/Indian myna bird.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “flying cane toad” means a disparaging nickname for the common/Indian myna bird.
Where it came from
Oxford/ANDC material and Australian local-government usage independently document Flying Cane Toad for the invasive myna.
- First recorded
- 1998
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established