motmot

[ mot-mot ]

noun
  1. any of several tropical and subtropical American birds of the family Momotidae, related to the kingfishers, having a serrate bill and chiefly greenish and bluish plumage.

Origin of motmot

1
First recorded in 1625–35; from Latin American Spanish, from New Latin motmot; repetitive compound of imitative origin

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British Dictionary definitions for motmot

motmot

/ (ˈmɒtmɒt) /


noun
  1. any tropical American bird of the family Momotidae, having a long tail and blue and brownish-green plumage: order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc)

Origin of motmot

1
C19: from American Spanish, imitative of the bird's call

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