rifleman bird
noun
1
: riflebird
2
: a small passerine bird (Acanthisitta chloris) of New Zealand with green-and-bronze plumage
Word History
Etymology
so called from the resemblance of its plumage to the uniform of the early British volunteer rifle corps
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