king bird of paradise en · NOUN
Meanings
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A species of bird of paradise (Cicinnurus regius) of lowland rainforests of New Guinea and the Aru Islands.
I was informed, however, that the small red species, the "King Bird of Paradise," retains its plumage at all seasons, and this I might therefore hope to get.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 203:
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| king birds of paradise | Number=Plur | lexicographic |