purple-backed fairywren

noun

Any member of the species Malurus assimilis of fairywrens, of the Australia mainland except the east coast; formerly considered to be the same species as the variegated fairywren (Malurus lamberti).

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nounpurple-backed fairywren (plural purple-backed fairywrens)

plural purple-backed fairywrens

  1. Any member of the species Malurus assimilis of fairywrens, of the Australia mainland except the east coast; formerly considered to be the same species as the variegated fairywren (Malurus lamberti).
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