TODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tody mean? 

• TODY (noun)
  The noun TODY has 1 sense:

1. tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TODY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

genus Todus; Todus (type genus of the Todidae)