Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Cuban trogon, Prionotelus temnurus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A cuban trogon (
Priotelus temnurus ) having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the end.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
Cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) with aserrated bill and atail that isconcave at the end.
Etymologies
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Probably from the Native American name via Spanish.
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Examples
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Titled "Punto de Contacto" Point of Contact, the artwork includes images from the two countries, from Canadian ravens to the Cuban tocororo, a bird of the Sierra Maestra mountains.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TOM HAWTHORN 2011
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Also to be seen are birds such as the tocororo (Priotelus temnurus), zunzuncito or pájaro mosca (Mellisuga helenae), sabanero (Sturnella magna hipocrepis), cartacuba (Todus multicolor), carpintero jabado (Melanerpes superciliaris) and the bat endemic to the island, Mormopterus minutus.
Cuban dry forests 2008
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