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motmot
[ mot-mot ]
/ ˈmɒt mɒt /
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noun
any of several tropical and subtropical American birds of the family Momotidae, related to the kingfishers, having a serrate bill and chiefly greenish and bluish plumage.
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Origin of motmot
First recorded in 1625–35; from Latin American Spanish, from New Latin motmot; repetitive compound of imitative origin
Words nearby motmot
motivic, motivity, mot juste, Motlanthe, motley, motmot, moto, motocross, moton, motoneuron, moto perpetuo
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How to use motmot in a sentence
Eumomota superciliosa superciliosa (Sandbach): Turquoise-browed Motmot.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. KlaasWhen the Mexican motmot trims his two tail feathers with his beak, he merely makes diamond cut diamond.
Such is, no doubt, the manner in which the Motmot feeds; but his strong confirmation enables him to capture larger game.
British Dictionary definitions for motmot
motmot
/ (ˈmɒtmɒt) /
noun
any tropical American bird of the family Momotidae, having a long tail and blue and brownish-green plumage: order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc)
Word Origin for motmot
C19: from American Spanish, imitative of the bird's call
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