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tody
[ toh-dee ]
/ ˈtoʊ di /
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noun, plural to·dies.
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
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Origin of tody
Apparently <French todier, based on New Latin Todus a genus, Latin: a kind of small bird
Words nearby tody
toddy table, to death, to-do, to-do list, Todt, tody, toe, toea, to each his own, toe and heel, toebie
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tody
/ (ˈtəʊdɪ) /
noun plural -dies
any small bird of the family Todidae of the Caribbean, having a red-and-green plumage and long straight bill: order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc)
Word Origin for tody
C18: from French todier, from Latin todus small bird
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