rifleman bird

rifleman bird
noun
small green-and-bronze bird
Hypernyms: ↑New Zealand wren
Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthisitta, ↑genus Acanthisitta

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noun
Etymology: so called from the resemblance of its plumage to the uniform of the early British volunteer rifle corps
2. : a small passerine bird (Acanthisitta chloris) of New Zealand with green-and-bronze plumage

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rifle bird or rifleman bird noun
1. Any of several Australian birds of paradise with a call like a whistling bullet
2. A New Zealand bushwren
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Main Entry:rifle

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