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mot·mot
(mŏt′mŏt′)n.
Any of various tropical American birds of the family Momotidae, usually having green and blue plumage with long tail feathers that have paddle- or racket-shaped tips.
[New Latin motmot, probably of imitative origin.]
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motmot
(ˈmɒtmɒt)n
(Animals) any tropical American bird of the family Momotidae, having a long tail and blue and brownish-green plumage: order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc)
[C19: from American Spanish, imitative of the bird's call]
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mot•mot
(ˈmɒtˌmɒt)n.
any of various tropical American birds of the family Momotidae, akin to the kingfishers.
[1830–40; < New Latin]
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| Noun | 1. |  motmot - tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumagecoraciiform bird - chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes family Momotidae, Momotidae - a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes |
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