| 单词 | satin bowerbird |
| 释义 | > as lemmassatin bowerbird satin bowerbird n. a bowerbird of forests in eastern Australia, Ptilorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has blue-black plumage with a metallic sheen. ΚΠ 1841 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) IV. Pl. 10 Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus Kuhl. Satin Bower-bird. 1943 Life 23 Aug. 60/2 One species, the satin bower bird, clears a space of ground and with twigs constructs a dome-shaped gallery about a foot long, with a floor, and an opening at each end. 2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True vi. 167 Satin bower-birds..get more mates if they put more blue feathers in their bowers. < as lemmas |
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