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PTLORIS PARADISEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ptloris paradisea mean?
• PTLORIS PARADISEA (noun)
The noun PTLORIS PARADISEA has 1 sense:
1. velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail
Familiarity information: PTLORIS PARADISEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ptloris paradisea; riflebird
Hypernyms ("Ptloris paradisea" is a kind of...):
bird of paradise (any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area)
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