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Bowerbird

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Noun

1. bowerbird, catbird

any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bowerbird

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noun
1. 
any of various songbirds of the family Ptilonorhynchidae, of Australia and New Guinea. The males build bower-like display grounds in the breeding season to attract the females
2. informal, mainly Australian
a person who collects miscellaneous objects

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Bowerbird

see synonyms of bowerbird
noun
any of certain passerine birds (family Ptilonorhynchidae) of Australia and New Guinea: the male builds a mating bower, variously decorated, to attract the female

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bowerbird

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n.
Any of various birds of the family Ptilonorhynchidae of Australia and New Guinea, the males of which build large elaborate structures of grasses, twigs, and brightly colored materials to attract females.

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