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MOTMOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motmot mean? 

MOTMOT (noun)
  The noun MOTMOT has 1 sense:

1. tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumageplay

  Familiarity information: MOTMOT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOTMOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

momot; motmot

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

coraciiform bird (chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes)

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

family Momotidae; Momotidae (a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes)


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