Riflebird Definition

rīfəl-bûrd
noun
Any of several birds of paradise of the genus Ptiloris of Australia and New Guinea, characteristically having black and green plumage.
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Synonyms:
  • Ptloris paradisea

Other Word Forms of Riflebird

Noun

Singular:
riflebird
Plural:
riflebirds

Origin of Riflebird

  • rifle +"Ž bird, from the resemblance of their black and green plumage to the uniform of early nineteenth-century British army riflemen.

    From Wiktionary

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