SATIN BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satin bird mean? 

• SATIN BIRD (noun)
  The noun SATIN BIRD has 1 sense:

1. of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green

  Familiarity information: SATIN BIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATIN BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus; satin bird; satin bowerbird

Hypernyms ("satin bird" 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 ("satin bird" is a member of...):

genus Ptilonorhynchus; Ptilonorhynchus (type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae)