† manucodiata Obs.
Also 6 manuccodiata, 7 manucadite.
[a. mod.L. manucodiāta, ad. Malay mānuq dēwāta ‘bird of the gods’. Cf. mamuque.]
A bird of paradise.
| [1523 Maximilianus Transylv. Epist. D iv b, Auiculam uero Manuccodiata appellauerunt.] 1555 Eden Decades, etc. 229 b, These Moores are of opinion that these byrdes coomme frome the heauenlye Paradyse, and therfore caule them Manuccodiata, that is the byrdes of god. 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 538 The Moores..call them Manucodiata, or holy birds. 1623 Cockeram iii, Manucadite, the bird of Paradise. 1691 Ray Creation i. (1692) 147 The Manucodiata, or Bird of Paradise. |