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rifleman bird

noun

Definition of rifleman bird

1 : riflebird
2 : a small passerine bird (Acanthisitta chloris) of New Zealand with green-and-bronze plumage

History and Etymology for rifleman bird

so called from the resemblance of its plumage to the uniform of the early British volunteer rifle corps

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