"bower bird" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bower birds [plural]
Etymology: From bower + bird. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bower|bird}} bower + bird Head templates: {{en-noun}} bower bird (plural bower birds)
  1. 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. Categories (lifeform): Perching birds Synonyms: bowerbird Translations (Australasian bird): arquer [masculine] (Catalan), lemčík [animate, masculine] (Czech), lavastaja (Finnish), jardinier (French), Laubenvogel [masculine] (German), uccello giardiniere [masculine] (Italian), altannik [masculine] (Polish), шала́шник (šalášnik) [masculine] (Russian), вртларица (vrtlarica) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-bower_bird-en-noun-zuSEvQnT Disambiguation of Perching birds: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'Australasian bird': 99 1
  2. (figuratively) A person who collects objects for display. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-bower_bird-en-noun-KpwdsJQa

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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