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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of Paradiseidœ, containing the magnificent bird of paradise, D. speciosa or magnifica: so called from the bundle of long, silky, yellow plumes on the nape. Another species, D. wilsoni, is sometimes placed in this genus.

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