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Bird of paradise
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What's The Definition Of Bird of paradise?
[n] any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
[n] a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana [n] ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird Synonyms | Synonyms for Bird of paradise: Caesalpinia gilliesii | poinciana | Poinciana gilliesii | Strelitzia reginae Related Terms | Find terms related to Bird of paradise: See Also | Caesalpinia | family Paradisaeidae | flowering shrub | genus Caesalpinia | genus Strelitzia | herb | herbaceous plant | oscine | oscine bird | Paradisaeidae | Ptloris paradisea | riflebird | Strelitzia Bird of paradise In Webster's Dictionary \Bird" of par"a*dise\ (Zo["o]l.)
The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus
{Paradisea} and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the
adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant
plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.
Note: The {Great emerald} ({Paradisea apoda}) and the {Lesser
emerald} ({P. minor}) furnish many of the plumes used
as ornaments by ladies; the Red is {P. rubra or
sanguinea}; the Golden is {Parotia aurea or
sexsetacea}; the King is {Cincinnurus regius}. The name
is also applied to the longer-billed birds of another
related group ({Epimachin[ae]}) from the same region.
The Twelve-wired ({Seleucides alba}) is one of these.
See {Paradise bird}, and Note under {Apod}.
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