puffbird in British English
(ˈpʌfˌbɜːd)
noun
any of various brownish tropical American birds of the family Bucconidae, having a large head: order Piciformes (woodpeckers, etc)
Word origin
C19: so called because of its habit of puffing out its featherspuffbird in American English
(ˈpʌfˌbɜːrd)
noun
any of several tropical American birds of the family Bucconidae, related to the barbets, having a large head with the feathers often fluffed out
Word origin
[1815–25; puff + bird]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aesthetic, aggressive, diorama, heuristic, trolleyImage ofpuffbird
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Word lists withpuffbird
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