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JACAMAR
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jacamar" is a kind of...):
piciform bird (any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood)
Holonyms ("jacamar" is a member of...):
family Galbulidae; Galbulidae (jacamars)