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JACAMAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jacamar mean?
• JACAMAR (noun)
The noun JACAMAR has 1 sense:
1. tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage
Familiarity information: JACAMAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("jacamar" is a kind of...):
piciform bird (any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood)
Holonyms ("jacamar" is a member of...):
family Galbulidae; Galbulidae (jacamars)
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