Umbrella bird Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle
    Cephalopterus ornatus.

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), a South American bird (Cephalopterus ornatus) of the family Cotingidæ. It is black, with a large handsome crest consisting of a mass of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the tips. It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long, cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy feathers. Called also dragoon bird.

Webster 1913