satin bowerbird

noun

1. the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus , the male of which has lustrous blue plumage

Example Sentences

The famous satin bowerbird has two parallel walls.

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The male satin bowerbird builds a little archway out of sticks for the female to sit in and then gathers up all sorts of blue objects because female bowerbirds love their bling.  

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In the case of the satin bowerbird, most of the objects are in shades of blue, and can include bits of plastic or ribbon.

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