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# bowerbird

noun (a bowerbird, bowerbirds)

«bowerbird» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bowerbird/#m1)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bowerbird» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bowerbird/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bowerbird» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bowerbird.html) on Mova free.