bower bird
See also: bowerbird
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Noun
bower bird (plural bower birds)
- 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.
- (figuratively) A person who collects objects for display.
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