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PUFFBIRD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does puffbird mean?
• PUFFBIRD (noun)
The noun PUFFBIRD has 1 sense:
1. brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers
Familiarity information: PUFFBIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("puffbird" is a kind of...):
piciform bird (any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood)
Holonyms ("puffbird" is a member of...):
Bucconidae; family Bucconidae (puffbirds)
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