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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 plumage
Familiarity information: MOTMOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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