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tody Ornith.|ˈtəʊdɪ|
[ad. F. todier (1764 in Littré), ad. L. todus, name of some small bird, adopted by Linnæus as generic name.]
Any member or species of the genus Todus or family Todidæ of small insectivorous birds, resembling and allied to the kingfisher; of which four species are found in the Greater Antilles.
1773Pennant Genera Birds 17 Tody, bill thin, depressed, broad... Inhabits the hot parts of America... The name first given it by Dr. Brown, I suppose, from Todi, small birds. 1834tr. Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. I. 292. 1847 Gosse Birds Jamaica 74, I have never seen the Tody eating vegetable food. 1879E. P. Wright Anim. Life 276 The Little Todies..are only found in a few of the West Indian Islands. |