rainbow bird

British

noun

an Australian bee-eater, Merops ornatus , with a brightly-coloured plumage. It feeds in flight and nests in sandy burrows

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A lion-lamb with the head of a ‘rainbow bird’ was, therefore, a young lamb with a large lion-like head, but showing various hues and shades.

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So in case the lion-lamb has a head suggestive of the variegated colors of the rainbow bird, the sign still points to power, but to a power exercised by the crown prince against the father.

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