motmot

mot·mot

M0442100 (mŏt′mŏt′)n. Any of various tropical American birds of the family Momotidae, usually having green and blue plumage with long tail feathers that have paddle- or racket-shaped tips.

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[New Latin motmot, probably of imitative origin.]

motmot

(ˈmɒtmɒt) n (Animals) any tropical American bird of the family Momotidae, having a long tail and blue and brownish-green plumage: order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc)[C19: from American Spanish, imitative of the bird's call]

mot•mot

(ˈmɒtˌmɒt)

n. any of various tropical American birds of the family Momotidae, akin to the kingfishers. [1830–40; < New Latin]

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motmot - tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumagemomotcoraciiform bird - chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holesfamily Momotidae, Momotidae - a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes