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mot·mot  (mtmt)

n.

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.

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[New Latin motmot, probably of imitative origin.]

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motmot [ˈmɒtmɒt]

n

(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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Noun

1.

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