BOWERBIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bowerbird mean? 

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

1. any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOWERBIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bowerbird; catbird

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

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bowerbird"):

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus; satin bird; satin bowerbird (of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green)

Chlamydera nuchalis; great bowerbird (large bowerbird of northern Australia)

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

family Ptilonorhynchidae; Ptilonorhynchidae (bowerbirds)