riflebird

n. [动] 风鸟

词形变化

riflebirds 复数 riflebirds

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

bird of paradise

词源

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

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