jac·a·mar (j k  -mär )n. Any of various tropical American birds of the family Galbulidae, having iridescent plumage and a long bill. [French, possibly of Tupian origin.] |
jacamar [ˈdʒækəˌmɑː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any bird of the tropical American family Galbulidae, having an iridescent plumage and feeding on insects: order Piciformes (woodpeckers, etc.)
[from French, from Tupi jacamá-ciri]
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| Noun | 1. |  jacamar - tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumagepiciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood family Galbulidae, Galbulidae - jacamars |
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