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noun
Any of four species of birds of paradise in the genus Ptiloris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Ptloris paradisea
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Broader terms: bird of paradise
History
From rifle + bird, from the resemblance of their black and green plumage to the uniform of early nineteenth-century British army riflemen.
