plume bird
noun
1A large bird of paradise of Epimachus or a related genus, having a long, curved tail; a sicklebill (now rare ).
2Any bird hunted for its plumes.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Chambers's Encyclopaedia.
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