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# bowerbird

«bowerbird» in Mova's school dictionary: **a bird from Australia and New Guinea; the male builds a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a bowerbird, bowerbirds)

### meaning for a pupil

A bowerbird is a bird from Australia and New Guinea; the male builds a decorated shelter of twigs (a bower) to attract a female. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bowerbird/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about animal behaviour, the satin bowerbird collects blue things such as feathers, flowers, bottle caps and pegs to decorate his bower; females choose the best builder. Australian children often see bowerbirds in gardens. It is an example of courtship and of animals using objects.

### examples

- The bowerbird decorated his bower with blue bottle tops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bowerbird/#x1)
- A male bowerbird builds a bower to impress a female. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bowerbird/#x2)
- Bowerbirds live in Australia and New Guinea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bowerbird/#x3)
- The satin bowerbird loves anything blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bowerbird/#x4)
- The bowerbird stole a blue peg from our washing line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bowerbird/#x5)
- Scientists study how bowerbirds choose colours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bowerbird/#x6)

### note

One word. A bower is a shady shelter; the bird is named after the bower it builds. The bower is not a nest; eggs are laid elsewhere.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bowerbird» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bowerbird/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.