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Noun: bowerbird  'baw(-u)r,burd
  1. Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
    "The satin bowerbird decorated its bower with blue objects";
    - catbird

Derived forms: bowerbirds

Type of: oscine, oscine bird

Part of: family Ptilonorhynchidae, Ptilonorhynchidae

Encyclopedia: Bowerbird