Manucodes are birds of five medium-sized birds-of-paradise with black-glossed purple and green plumages. Distributed in the lowland forests of northeastern Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands, members of this genus are monogamous and sexually monomorphic. The name Manucodia is from Javanese `manuk dewata`; `manuk` means bird and `dewata...
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• (n.) Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and New Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise.
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any of certain Australian bird-of-paradise species. See bird-of-paradise.[1 related articles]
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Man'u·code noun [ Javanese
manukdewata the bird of the gods: confer French
manucode .]
(Zoology) Any bird of the genus
Manucodia , of Australia and New Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise.
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