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motmot in British English
(ˈmɒtmɒt)
noun
any tropical American bird of the family Momotidae, having a long tail and blue and brownish-green plumage: order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc)
Word origin
C19: from American Spanish, imitative of the bird's callmotmot in American English
(ˈmɑtˌmɑt)
noun
any of a family (Momotidae) of long-tailed, chiefly green, coraciiform birds of tropical and subtropical America, usually nesting in tunnels they make along river banks
Word origin
AmSp, echoic of its noteImage ofmotmot
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