Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ornith,, six-feathered. Compare
twelve-wired , under Selencides.
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They also spotted the legendary six-wired bird of paradise, a species with distinctive wiry head plumes that was first described in 1897 but that has proved elusive ever since.
Archive 2006-02-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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Among the new species of birds, frogs, butterflies and palms discovered in the expedition through this pristine environment, untouched by man, was the spectacular Berlepsch’s six-wired bird of paradise.
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