manucode

manucode
/man"yeuh kohd'/, n.
any of various birds of paradise of the New Guinea region, having dark, metallic plumage.
[1825-35; < F, shortening of NL Manucodiata (orig. a genus name) < Malay manuk dewata bird of paradise (manuk bird + dewata gods < an Indo-Aryan word; see DEVA)]

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      any of certain Australian bird-of-paradise species. See bird-of-paradise.

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