motmot

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motmot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Motmot \Mot"mot\, n. [Cf. Momot.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of
     the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most
     of the species the two long middle tail feathers are
     racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is
     said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed
     on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to
     Brazil. The name is derived from its note. [Written also
     momot.]
     [1913 Webster]

motmot - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  motmot
      n 1: tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having
           greenish and bluish plumage [syn: motmot, momot]