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- noun Plural form of
bowerbird .
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Examples
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The most notable characteristic of bowerbirds is the extraordinarily complex behaviour of males, which is to build a bower to attract mates.
Archive 2008-08-01 The Nag 2008
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It was sort of this personal project, and we had just found out about the actual birds called bowerbirds, who reside on the other side of the Earth from us in Australia.
Spinner Kay Balbi 2010
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From the videos I've seen about the bowerbirds, the like something blue.
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The bowerbirds of Australia and New Guinea are the only animals besides humans that spontaneously make works of art.
How Artistry Evolved Jennie Erin Smith 2011
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This is a place of frogs, bowerbirds, cockatoos and parrots, where 120 pound flightless birds called cassowaries are king and wild pigs roam free.
Danna Harman: Searching for Cannibals Danna Harman 2010
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This is a place of frogs, bowerbirds, cockatoos and parrots, where 120 pound flightless birds called cassowaries are king and wild pigs roam free.
Danna Harman: Searching for Cannibals Danna Harman 2010
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Like bowerbirds (who build creative nests to attract mates), you gotta be creative!
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This is a place of frogs, bowerbirds, cockatoos and parrots, where 120 pound flightless birds called cassowaries are king and wild pigs roam free.
Danna Harman: Searching for Cannibals Danna Harman 2010
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Like bowerbirds (who build creative nests to attract mates), you gotta be creative!
Shelley Carson, Ph.D.: Creativity in the 21st Century Ph.D. Shelley Carson 2010
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This is a place of frogs, bowerbirds, cockatoos and parrots, where 120 pound flightless birds called cassowaries are king and wild pigs roam free.
Danna Harman: Searching for Cannibals Danna Harman 2010
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