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Definition of Bowerbird
1. Noun. Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females.
Generic synonyms: Oscine, Oscine Bird
Group relationships: Family Ptilonorhynchidae, Ptilonorhynchidae
Specialized synonyms: Ptilonorhynchus Violaceus, Satin Bird, Satin Bowerbird, Chlamydera Nuchalis, Great Bowerbird
Definition of Bowerbird
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of bower bird) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bowerbird
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowerbird
Literary usage of Bowerbird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daytrips Eastern Australia: 60 One Day Adventures by Car, Rail Or Bus by James Postell (2004)
"The best spot here is the Rainforest Aviary and my buddy the bowerbird. This small
and bold fowl showers his attention to his lovers by stealing anything ..."
2. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port by Ludwig Leichhardt (1847)
"... WSW almost parallel to the thunder-clouds. The moon, a day from its full, to
the eastward, probably produced this phenomenon. The bower of the bowerbird ..."
3. Foundations of Feminism: A Critique by Avrom Barnett (1921)
"... the real awakening of the aesthetic sense which are exhibited by the Australian
bowerbird or by the common jackdaw in its fondness for bright objects, ..."
4. Beautiful Accommodation in Queensland, Australia by Simon St John (2004)
"... weekends Bed & Continental Breakt'ast Provisions (first morning) Children by
Arrangement BC • Eftpos • MC • VI Lyrebird and bowerbird Cottages both have ..."
5. The Evolution of Sex by Patrick Geddes, John Arthur Thomson (1908)
"And even among birds, if we take those unmistakable hints of real awakening of
the aesthetic sense which are exhibited by the Australian bowerbird or by the ..."
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