satin bowerbird

satin bowerbird

n (Animals) the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage

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satin bowerbird - of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-greenPtilonorhynchus violaceus, satin birdbowerbird, catbird - any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract femalesgenus Ptilonorhynchus, Ptilonorhynchus - type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae