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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 Australia
Familiarity information: GREAT BOWERBIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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