trogonn.
/ˈtrəʊɡɒn/, U.S. /ˈtroʊˌɡɑn/ Ornithology.
A bird of the genus Trogon or family Trogonidæ, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, esp. in the New World, and characterized by soft plumage of varied and usually brilliant colouring.
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1792 G. Shaw Musei Leveriani 177 The Leverian Trogon... Violaceous Trogon with a gloss of green-gold; wings black; abdomen white.
1838 J. Gould (title) A Monograph of the Trogonidæ, or Family of Trogons.
1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 277 The Golden Trogon (Trogon resplendens) has the greater portion of its plumage apparently composed of burnished gold.
1907 Spectator 23 Mar. 452/1 In the Miocene period..among the birds of French forests were trogons and parrots.
1910 Q. Rev. July 137 The beautiful Central American Quezal, or King of the Trogons, ranges..from greenish bronze, through golden green, green, indigo, to purple and then into grey-black.
Derivatives
trogonid n. /trəʊˈɡəʊnɪd/ a bird of the family Trogonidæ.
/trəʊˈɡəʊnɪd/ a bird of the family Trogonidæ.ΚΠ
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Trogonid.
trogonine adj. /ˈtrəʊɡənaɪn/ belonging to or having the characters of the Trogonidæ.
/ˈtrəʊɡənaɪn/ belonging to or having the characters of the Trogonidæ.ΚΠ
1890 H. Seebohm in Ibis Jan. 31 In the Picine arrangement, whether typical or Trogonine, the front plantar does not lead to the second toe.
trogonoid adj. /ˈtrəʊɡənɔɪd/ = trogonine adj.
/ˈtrəʊɡənɔɪd/ = trogonine adj.ΚΠ
1891 Cent. Dict. Trogonoid.
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