HyperDic: satin_bird

English > 1 sense of the expression satin bird:
NOUNanimalsatin bird, satin bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceusof southeast Australia
English > satin bird: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningOf southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green.
Synonymssatin bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Member ofPtilonorhynchus, genus Ptilonorhynchustype genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae
Broaderbowerbird, catbirdAny of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females

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