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riflebird

riflebird noun: any of four species of birds of paradise in the genus Ptiloris.

Noun

riflebird (plural riflebirds)

  1. Any of four species of birds of paradise in the genus Ptiloris.

Forms of riflebird

pluralriflebirds

Origin of riflebird

From rifle + bird, from the resemblance of their black and green plumage to the uniform of early nineteenth-century British army riflemen.

Questions about riflebird

What does riflebird mean?
Riflebird means any of four species of birds of paradise in the genus Ptiloris.
What part of speech is riflebird?
Riflebird is a noun.
What is the plural of riflebird?
The plural of riflebird is riflebirds.

Words near riflebird in the dictionary

  1. rifle is fine
  2. rifle pit
  3. rifle pits
  4. rifle range
  5. rifle ranges
  6. riflebird
  7. riflebirds
  8. riflebutt
  9. riflebutts
  10. rifled
  11. rifled slug

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