OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 30343

bird of paradise

Meanings (ES + gloss)
ave del paraíso
Any of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured.
She had a jonquil silk pelisse, a bonnet of the same colour, with a bird of paradise plume, looking very much like an illuminated butterfly.
ave del paraíso
A showy tropical flower of the genus Strelitzia, native to South Africa.
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