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Any of several tropical American birds of the family Momotidae, usually having green and blue plumage with long tail feathers that spread out at the tip.

[New Latin motmot, probably of imitative origin.]

motmot [ˈmɒtmɒt]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any tropical American bird of the family Momotidae, having a long tail and blue and brownish-green plumage: order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc.)

[from American Spanish, imitative of the bird's call]

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motmot - tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage

momot

coraciiform bird - chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes

family Momotidae, Momotidae - a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes

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