Meanings
nounmanucodiata (plural manucodiatas)
plural manucodiatas
- obsoleteA bird of paradise (family Paradisaeidae).
Wherefore Scaliger admitting that the Manucodiata is perpetually on the wing in the Aire, he must of necessity admit also that manner of Incubation that Cardan describes; else how could their generations continue?
1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 75
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