Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trogon; any bird of the family Trogonidæ.
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Examples
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It was really a capital dinner; first we had some excellent soup, of which Lucien had two platefuls; then came what was left of our squirrel, and last of all the roasted couroucou, which l'Encuerado served up on a bed of water-cresses.
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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We had walked on for nearly an hour, the only incident being our meeting with various kinds of birds, when the melancholy cry of the _couroucou_ struck on our ears.
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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