SINCE 1828
satin bowerbird
noun
variants:
or satin bird
Definition of satin bowerbird
: a bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) of southeast Australia having feathered nostrils and being in the fully adult male a glossy violet blue and in the female a light gray green
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