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bower bird

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables
bow-er bird
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bird of the Australasian family Ptilonorhynchidae noted for building display structures (bowers) and decorating them with bright objects such as shells, glass, flowers, etc.

noun

A person who collects objects for display.

Etymology

From bower + bird.

Inflected Forms

bower birds (plural) bowerbird (alternative)

Questions

What does bower bird mean?
Any bird of the Australasian family Ptilonorhynchidae noted for building display structures (bowers) and decorating them with bright objects such as shells, glass, flowers, etc.
Where does bower bird come from?
From bower + bird.

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