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Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage
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motmot
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage [syn: momot ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The motmots or Momotidae are a family of birds in the near passerine order Coraciiformes , which also includes the kingfishers , bee-eaters and rollers . All extant motmots are restricted to woodland or forest in the Neotropics , and the largest diversity ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Motmot \Mot"mot\, n. [Cf. Momot .] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus , having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any bird in the taxonomic family Momotidae, endemic to the neotropics.
Usage examples of motmot.
There were a Papuan lory, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, the chiffchaff and kookaburra bird, laughing jackass and motmot, chachalaca, drongo and poor old puffin.
They were hunting a herd of shaggy motmots that moved like icy hills on the horizon, seeking a calf small enough to slaughter.