Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Brazilian name of a bird, the Trogon curucui (Linnæus).
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Examples
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A few days before, I had made a careful study of the syrinx of this bird, whom we may call rather euphoniously _Trogonurus curucui_, and had been struck by the simplicity both of muscles and bones.
Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919
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21 Trogons; _Trogonurus c. curucui_ (Linné) 282 10 Quadrille Bird; _Leucolepis musica musica_ (Bodd.) 284 3 Bubble Bugs; _Cercopis ruber_
Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919
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