bird of paradise

See also: bird-of-paradise

English

Alternative forms

bird-of-paradise

Noun

bird of paradise (plural birds of paradise)

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.
A showy tropical flower of the genus Strelitzia, native to Madagascar.

Translations

bird

Chinese:
Mandarin: 極樂鳥 (zh), 极乐鸟 (zh) (jílèniǎo), 天堂鳥, 天堂鸟 (tiāntángniǎo), 風鳥 (zh), 风鸟 (zh) (fēngniǎo)
Czech: rajka (cs) f
Danish: paradisfugl c
Finnish: paratiisilintu
French: paradisier (fr) m, oiseau de paradis (fr) m
Galician: ave do paraíso (gl) f
German: Paradiesvogel (de) m
Irish: éan parthais m
Italian: paradisea f
Japanese: 風鳥 (ja) (ふうちょう, fūchō)
Kala Lagaw Ya: kakayam
Malay: cenderawasih

Navajo: tsídii bitʼaʼ hózhóón
Norwegian:
Bokmål: paradisfugl m

Nynorsk: paradisfugl m
Polish: rajski ptak m, cudowronka f
Portuguese: ave-do-paraíso f
Romanian: pasărea paradisului f
Russian: ра́йская пти́ца f (rájskaja ptíca)
Spanish: ave del paraíso m
Swedish: paradisfågel c
Tagalog: ibon ng paraiso
Tok Pisin: kumul
Volapük: paradit (vo)

flower

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鶴望蘭, 鹤望兰 (hèwànglán)
Czech: strelicie f
Finnish: kolibrikukka (fi)

Galician: ave do paraíso (gl) f
Portuguese: estrelítzia f
Romanian: pasărea paradisului f
Spanish: ave del paraíso m

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