manucode

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To the manucode is ascribed practical interference with the laws of

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  1. A bird of Paradise of the genus Manucodia of Boddaert; a chalybean. The term has also been used for some of the true birds of Paradise of the genus Paradisea of Linnæus or Manucodiata of Brisson.

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  • To the manucode is ascribed practical interference with the laws of —  Confessions of a Beachcomber
  • "Wung-go-bah" describes the noisy pitta; "Wee-loo" the stone plover; "Coo-roo" the tranquil dove; "Piln-piln" the large-billed shore plover; "Kim-bum-broo" the fasciated honey-eater; "Calloo-calloo" the manucode; "Go-bidger-roo" the varied honey-eater, and so on. —  Confessions of a Beachcomber
 

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