单词 | bowerbird |
释义 | bowerbird[ bou-er-burd ] / ˈbaʊ ərˌbɜrd / nounany of several oscine birds of the family Ptilonorhynchidae, of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, the males of which build bowerlike, decorated structures to attract the females. Origin of bowerbirdFirst recorded in 1840–50; bower1 + bird Words nearby bowerbirdBowen, bowenite, Bowen's disease, Bowen's reaction series, bower, bowerbird, Bowers, bowery, bowfin, bow front, bowgrace Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for bowerbirdbowerbird / (ˈbaʊəˌbɜːd) / nounany of various songbirds of the family Ptilonorhynchidae, of Australia and New Guinea. The males build bower-like display grounds in the breeding season to attract the females informal, mainly Australian a person who collects miscellaneous objects Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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