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regent bird

noun

Definition of regent bird

: a showy Australian bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) that in the male has the head, neck, and large patches on the wings bright golden yellow and the rest of the plumage deep velvety black

History and Etymology for regent bird

so called in honor of George, Prince of Wales (afterward George IV †1830 King of Great Britain and Ireland), regent during the period (1811–20) when his father George III was still alive but permanently deranged

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