Trends ofquetzal
View usage for:
quetzal in British English
(ˈkɛtsəl) or quezal (kɛˈsɑːl)
nounWord forms: plural -zals or -zales (-ˈsɑːlɛs)
1. Also called: resplendent trogon
a crested bird, Pharomachrus mocinno, of Central and N South America, which has a brilliant green, red, and white plumage and, in the male, long tail feathers: family Trogonidae, order Trogoniformes (trogons)
2.
the standard monetary unit of Guatemala, divided into 100 centavos
Word origin
via American Spanish from Nahuatl quetzalli brightly coloured tail featherquetzal in American English
(ˈkɛt sɑl)
noun
1.
a crested trogon bird (Pharomachrus mocinno) of Central America, usually brilliant green above and red below, with long, streaming tail feathers in the male
2. Word forms: plural quetˈzales (kɛtˈsɑlɛs)
the basic monetary unit of Guatemala
Word origin
AmSp < Nahuatl quetzaltototl < quetzalli, tail feather + tototls, birdImage ofquetzal
© Ondrej Prosicky, shutterstock
Word lists withquetzal
bird, fauna- suffice
- suffice it to say
- suffice-it-to-say
- suffice it to say that
- suffice it to say that ...
- sufficer
- sufficience
- sufficiencies
- sufficiency
- sufficient
- sufficient condition
- sufficient evidence
- sufficient funds
- sufficiently
- sufficient money
- sufficient money to do sth/for sth
- sufficient number
- sufficient reason
- sufficingness
- suffisance
- suffix
- suffixal
- suffixation
- suffixion
- sufflate