Meanings
nounparadise pie (plural paradise pies)
plural paradise pies
- obsoletebiologyastrapia.
Among these was a pair of the superb Paradise Pie (Astrapia nigra) in tolerable preservation.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 319
Origin
From paradise (“as in, bird-of-paradise”) + pie (“magpie”).
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paradise pie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paradise%20pie
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