jacamar
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of jacamar
1640–50; < French < Tupi jacamáciri
Vocabulary lists containing jacamar
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Early in January the jacamar is in fine plumage for the cabinet of the naturalist.
From Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton
The great or broad-billed jacamar is very like a kingfisher.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
Its name amongst the Indians is una-waya-adoucati, that is, grandfather of the jacamar.
From Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton
The large jacamar is pretty common about two hundred miles up the River Demerara.
From Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton
The touracolories were better game than the jacamar, the flash of the latter being tough, but it would have been hard to persuade Pencroff that they had not killed the most delicious of birds.
From The Mysterious Island by Stephen W. White
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