Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of sundry insectivorous birds of Central and South America, such as those of the genera Tityra and Psaris, given on account of their large or hooked bill.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (
Tityra inquisetor ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A South American
flycatcher of the genusPachyramphus
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Except, that is, for the rose-throated becard, an elusive bird known to nest farther upriver near Roma, which is where I was headed the next morning.
NYT > Home Page By ELAINE GLUSAC 2010
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Except, that is, for the rose-throated becard, an elusive bird known to nest farther upriver near Roma, which is where I was headed the next morning.
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Except, that is, for the rose-throated becard, an elusive bird known to nest farther upriver near Roma, which is where I was headed the next morning.
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Except, that is, for the rose-throated becard, an elusive bird known to nest farther upriver near Roma, which is where I was headed the next morning.
NYT > Travel By ELAINE GLUSAC 2010
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