bird of paradisenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌbɜːd əv ˈpær.ə.daɪs/us/ˌbɝːd əv ˈper.ə.daɪs/a bird found in New Guinea, the male of which has brightly coloured feathers
a South African plant with large and very brightly coloured flowers
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Other wild birds
- blackbird
- blue tit
- bluebird
- bluejay
- bullfinch
- house martin
- house sparrow
- hummingbird
- Indian mynah
- jackass
- mockingbird
- mynah
- nightingale
- oriole
- ostrich
- starling
- swift
- toucan
- turtle dove
- warbler
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Examples from literature
- Bird-lovers must now bid farewell forever to all the birds of paradise.
- But if my desires were fulfilled by the capture of this bird of paradise, those of our Canadian huntsman remained unsatisfied.
- From what you say I should have inferred that birds of paradise were probably polygamous.
- The water rustled and roiled as if all the birds of paradise that the world contained had taken flight.
- Who had named those birds the birds of paradise?