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motmot|ˈmɒtmɒt|
[mod.L. (in 17th c. also momot, whence Momotus name of the typical genus); app. echoic of the bird's note.]
A bird of the family Momotidæ or Prionitidæ, native of Mexico and South America.
[1635Nieremberg Hist. Nat. 209 De momot. 1651F. Hernandez Nov. Plant. Anim. et Min. Mexicanorum Hist., Hist. Anim., etc. 52 De Motmot.] 1837Swainson Nat. Hist. Birds II. 141 Every writer, since the days of Linnæus..has placed the motmots (Prionites) and the toucans (Ramphastos) close together. 1884Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVII. 3/2 The Motmots are a purely Neotropical form..the majority of the species inhabit Central America. |