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rifle bird
noun
any of several birds of paradise of Australia, having a long bill, dark plumage, and elaborate courtship displays.
Word History and Origins
Origin of rifle bird1
Example Sentences
Armed with a 12-bore sawn-off shotgun and a .22 rifle, Bird called victims over to his car during the rampage as if to ask a question, then shot them, the hearing was told.
Armed with a 12-bore sawn-off shotgun and a .22 rifle, Bird called victims over to his car during the rampage as if to ask the time, then shot them, the hearing was told.
“The rifle bird; a near relative, I believe, to the birds of paradise.”
He raised his gun to shoot the rifle bird, but lowered it again.
Then there is that beautiful purply black kind of crow—the rifle bird they call it.
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