Cotinga

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The native name of several South American manakins: applied to sundry cotingine birds.
  • noun. Any bird of the family Cotingidæ.
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  • noun. A bird of the family Cotingidæ, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.
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  • noun. Any of the neotropical passerine birds of the genus Cotinga
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  • noun. passerine bird of New World tropics
    • Word Usage
    "Examples of seed dispersing birds are the hornbill, the toucan, the aracari, the cotinga, and some species of parrots."
    Form
    cotingid  cotingine  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flycatcher  new world flycatcher  tyrant bird  tyrant flycatcher  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    bellbird  cephalopterus ornatus  cock of the rock  rupicola peruviana  rupicola rupicola  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    turquoise-blue  
    variant
    chatterers  
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