becard

American

[bek-erd, buh-kahrd] / ˈbɛk ərd, bəˈkɑrd /

noun

any of several passerine birds of the genus Pachyramphus, of the American tropics, having large heads and swollen bills, and variously classified with the flycatchers or the cotingas.

< French bécard, beccard a merganser with a prominent beak, equivalent to bec beak + -ard -ard

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