QUETZAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quetzal mean? 

• QUETZAL (noun)
  The noun QUETZAL has 2 senses:

1. the basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos

2. large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage

  Familiarity information: QUETZAL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUETZAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("quetzal" is a kind of...):

Guatemalan monetary unit (monetary unit in Guatemala)

Meronyms (parts of "quetzal"):

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

quetzal; quetzal bird

Hypernyms ("quetzal" is a kind of...):

trogon (forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quetzal"):

Pharomacrus mocino; resplendent quetzel; resplendent trogon (very rare Central American bird; the national bird of Guatemala)

Holonyms ("quetzal" is a member of...):

genus Pharomacrus; Pharomacrus (a genus of Trogonidae)