bower bird

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bower bird

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noun bower birds · bowerbird

  1. Any bird of the Australasian family Ptilonorhynchidae noted for building display structures (bowers) and decorating them with bright objects such as shells, glass, flowers, etc.
  2. figuratively A person who collects objects for display.

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noun Australasian bird

Españolpergolero
日本語庭師鳥 niwashi-dori
Françaisjardinier
DeutschLaubenvogel
Italianouccello giardiniere
Русскийшала́шник šalášnik
עבריתסֻכִּי sukkí

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@misc{bower_bird_2026,
  title = {bower bird},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bower%20bird},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}