Cotinga

Co`tin´ga    (kô`tėņ´gå)

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(Zool.) A bird of the family Cotingidæ, including numerous bright-colored South American species; - called also chatterers.

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Noun

1.

cotinga - passerine bird of New World tropics chatterer New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, flycatcher - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing genus Cotinga - type genus of the Cotingidae: cotingas Rupicola rupicola, cock of the rock - tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest cock of the rock, Rupicola peruviana - bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola bellbird - any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call Cephalopterus ornatus, umbrella bird - black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle