Bird Of Paradise Definition

birds-of-paradise
noun
Any of various birds of the family Paradisaeidae, native to northeast Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, usually having brilliant plumage and long tail feathers in the male.
American Heritage
Any of a family (Paradisaeidae) of brightly colored passerine birds found in and near New Guinea.
Webster's New World
Any of several African plants of the genus Strelitzia, especially S. reginae, cultivated for their showy orange and blue flowers that emerge from a beak-shaped bract.
American Heritage
Any of several tropical plants (genus Strelitzia) of the banana family, native to Africa, having orange and blue flowers protruding from a green spathe in a form that resembles a bird in flight.
Webster's New World

Any of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Poinciana gilliesii
  • Caesalpinia gilliesii
  • poinciana
  • Strelitzia reginae

Other Word Forms of Bird Of Paradise

Noun

Singular:
bird of paradise
Plural:
birds-of-paradise

Bird Of Paradise Sentence Examples

  • The lesser bird of paradise (Paradisea minor), though smaller in size and somewhat less brilliant in plumage, in other respects closely resembles the preceding species.

  • The king bird of paradise (Cicinnurus regius) is one of the smallest and most brilliant of the group, and is specially distinguished by its two middle tail feathers, the ends of which alone are webbed, and coiled into a beautiful spiral disk of a lovely emerald green.

  • In the red bird of paradise (Paradisea rubra) the same feathers are greatly elongated and destitute of webs, but differ from those in the other species, in being flattened out like ribbons.

  • The Papuan loves personal adornment and loses no chance of dressing himself up. His chief home-made ornaments are necklaces, armlets and ear-rings of shells, teeth or fibre, and cassowary, cockatoo, or bird of paradise feathers - the last two, or a flower, are worn through the septum of the nose.

  • Orchids and gardenias are romantic and sweet, while bird-of-paradise bouquets combined with bright hibiscus blooms and palm leaves are dramatic and elegant as late summer wedding flowers.

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