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SATIN BIRD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green
Synonyms:
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus; satin bird; satin bowerbird
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("satin bird" is a kind of...):
bowerbird; catbird (any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females)
Holonyms ("satin bird" is a member of...):
genus Ptilonorhynchus; Ptilonorhynchus (type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae)