Definitions for rifle-bird

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rifle-bird rifle bird

Rifle-Bird is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 207 anagrams from letters in rifle-bird (-bdefiilrr).

Definitions for rifle-bird

noun

1. any of several birds of paradise of Australia, having a long bill, dark plumage, and elaborate courtship displays.

Origin of rifle-bird

First recorded in 1825-35

Examples for rifle-bird

He raised his gun to shoot the rifle bird, but lowered it again.

The rifle bird; a near relative, I believe, to the birds of paradise.

Then there is that beautiful purply black kind of crow—the rifle bird they call it.