PTILONORHYNCHUS VIOLACEUS

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Meaning:

Of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green

Synonyms:

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus; satin bird; satin bowerbird

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ptilonorhynchus violaceus" is a kind of...):

bowerbird; catbird (any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females)

Holonyms ("Ptilonorhynchus violaceus" is a member of...):

genus Ptilonorhynchus; Ptilonorhynchus (type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae)

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