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Word: Manucode
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from French, from modern Latin manucodiata (used in the same sense from the mid 16th to 18th centuries), from Malay manuk dewata ‘bird of the gods’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmanjʊkəʊd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a bird of paradise of which the male and female have similar blue-black plumage and breed as stable pairs.
Short Definition:bird of paradise of which male and female have similar blue-black plumage and breed as stable pairs
