jacamarn.

1648 G. Marggraf Historiae Rerum Naturalium Brasiliae 202 Iacamaciri Brasiliensibus, avis Alaudæ magnitudinis.]

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. (1882) 26 A bird called Jacamar is often taken for a kingfisher.

1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 136 The Jacamars are closely allied to the king~fishers by their elongated sharp-pointed beak... They are solitary birds, that live in wet forests, feed on insects, and build on low branches.

1896 A. Newton Dict. Birds Jacamar, a word formed by Brisson from Jacamaciri, the Brazilian name of a bird, as given by Marcgrave, and since adopted in most European tongues for the species to which it was first applied and others allied to it, forming the family Galbulidæ of ornithologists.