bowerbird
- n any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
- Sighting the fabled bowerbird It had a most unmelodic song, like the sound of someone shoveling gravel.
- Sexy Sculpture This is the first photo ever taken of the golden fronted bowerbird along with its bower -- a tower of twigs it uses to attract a mate.
- Hardly surprising, either, is the gasp that finally greets Akira's creations as they weave their way through the crowd: the Sydney-based designer has been perfecting his bowerbird .