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GREAT BOWERBIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does great bowerbird mean? 

GREAT BOWERBIRD (noun)
  The noun GREAT BOWERBIRD has 1 sense:

1. large bowerbird of northern Australiaplay

  Familiarity information: GREAT BOWERBIRD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GREAT BOWERBIRD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large bowerbird of northern Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chlamydera nuchalis; great bowerbird

Hypernyms ("great bowerbird" is a kind of...):

bowerbird; catbird (any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females)

Holonyms ("great bowerbird" is a member of...):

Chlamydera; genus Chlamydera (a genus of Ptilonorhynchidae)


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