bird of paradise
Any of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae native to OceaniaAny of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured.
» If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
Не можешь поймать райскую птицу – возьми лучше мокрую курицу. — Ooneykcall
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2 sensesAny of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured.
Paradiesvogel
ра́йская пти́цаrájskaja ptíca
A showy tropical flower of the genus Strelitzia, native to South Africa.
Paradiesvogelblume, Strelitzie
стрели́цияstrelícija, стрели́тцияstrelítcija
ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird
Examples
2 sentencesIf you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
ruНе можешь поймать райскую птицу – возьми лучше мокрую курицу. — Ooneykcall
Birds-of-paradise are beautiful.
Translations
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Origin
The first Europeans to encounter their skins were the voyagers in Ferdinand Magellan's cirThe first Europeans to encounter their skins were the voyagers in Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the Earth. Antonio Pigafetta wrote that "The people told us that those birds came from the terrestrial paradise, and they call them bolon diuata, that is to say, 'birds of God"."
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Forms
plural: birds of paradiseSynonyms
9 synonyms- ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird:Strelitzia reginae
- a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana:poincianaCaesalpinia gilliesiiPoinciana gilliesii
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular