tody

[ toh-dee ]

noun,plural to·dies.
  1. any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.

Origin of tody

1
Apparently <French todier, based on New Latin Todus a genus, Latin: a kind of small bird

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How to use tody in a sentence

  • "Why all my troubles fly away, quick as a wink," laughed tody.

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  • His voice wasn't as pleasant as tody's nor the giant's, but what he said was all right.

    Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
  • tody caught him just in time or there would have been trouble.

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  • tody the Clown sat by his side and kept his plate full and his cup full too.

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  • Just one little one rolled down his right cheek But that was on the other side of tody.

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British Dictionary definitions for tody

tody

/ (ˈtəʊdɪ) /


nounplural -dies
  1. any small bird of the family Todidae of the Caribbean, having a red-and-green plumage and long straight bill: order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc)

Origin of tody

1
C18: from French todier, from Latin todus small bird

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