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Meaning of bird of paradise | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Any 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.
  2. A showy tropical flower of the genus Strelitzia, native to South Africa.

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Examples

“She had a jonquil silk pelisse, a bonnet of the same colour, with a bird of paradise plume, looking very much like an illuminated butterfly.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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