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Definition of Satin bird

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Satin Bird

Literary usage of Satin bird

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Intro, p. xxxviii: " Upon the branches the satin-bird, the gangan, and various kinds of pigeons were feeding." 1848. J. Gould, 'Birds of Australia,' vol. v. ..."

2. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"It may not be inopportune for me to state that I was the first to discover the bower and habits of the Satin-bird, and, also, among the first discoverers of ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1902)
"I never enjoyed the opportunity of taking a nest of the Satin-Bird, but at Christmas-tide 1884 I saw a perfect bower on the north shore of Lake King, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1902)
"The result was that he found another pair of eggs, which are now in my collection. I never enjoyed the opportunity of taking a nest of the Satin-Bird, ..."

5. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Satin-bird, n. another name for the Satin ... 264: "The natives call it Cowry, the colonists Satin-Bird. ..."

6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The most familiar species is the satin-bird ... and it builds a bower resembling that of the satin-bird, but decorated exclusively with snail-shells. ..."

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