riflebird

English

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Etymology

rifle +‎ bird, from the resemblance of their black and green plumage to the uniform of early nineteenth-century British army riflemen.

Noun

riflebird (plural riflebirds)

  1. Any of four species of birds of paradise in the genus Ptiloris.
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