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单词 bird of paradise
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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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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? 
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