QUETZAL BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quetzal bird mean? 

• QUETZAL BIRD (noun)
  The noun QUETZAL BIRD has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: QUETZAL BIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUETZAL BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

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 bird" 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 bird"):

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

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

genus Pharomacrus; Pharomacrus (a genus of Trogonidae)