quetzal

Also found in: Thesaurus, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

quet·zal

(kĕt-säl′)

n. pl. quet·zals or quet·za·les (-sä′lās)

1. Any of several tropical American birds of the genera Pharomachrus and Euptilotis having brilliant bronze-green and red plumage and, in the male, long flowing tail feathers, especially P. mocinno of Central America.

2. See Table at currency.

[American Spanish, from Nahuatl quetzalli, large brilliant tail feather.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

quetzal

(ˈkɛtsəl) or

quezal

n, pl -zals or -zales (-ˈsɑːlɛs)

1. (Animals) Also called: resplendent trogon a crested bird, Pharomachrus mocinno, of Central and N South America, which has a brilliant green, red, and white plumage and, in the male, long tail feathers: family Trogonidae, order Trogoniformes (trogons)

2. (Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Guatemala, divided into 100 centavos

[via American Spanish from Nahuatl quetzalli brightly coloured tail feather]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

quet•zal

(kɛtˈsɑl)

also que•zal

(kɛ-)

n., pl. -zals, -za•les (-ˈsɑ leɪs)

1. any of several large New World trogons of the genus Pharomachrus, esp. P. mocinno, of S Mexico and Central America, with golden-green and scarlet plumage and, in the male, greatly elongated tail coverts.

2. the basic monetary unit of Guatemala.

[1820–30; < American Spanish < Nahuatl quetzalli plumage of the quetzal]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun	1.	quetzal - the basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos centavo - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal Guatemalan monetary unit - monetary unit in Guatemala
	2.	quetzal - large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage quetzal bird trogon - forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails genus Pharomacrus, Pharomacrus - a genus of Trogonidae Pharomacrus mocino, resplendent quetzel, resplendent trogon - very rare Central American bird; the national bird of Guatemala

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

The Controller of the FAA explained that "the idea is to have a transcontinental cargo airport in the port of San Jose, which will become an alternative to operating in Aurora and, when it reaches full capacity within a few years, it will be the main one in the country.The project includes the extension of the runway, providing it with lights for night operations, a terminal, construction of industrial parks, cargo and unloading of goods area, as well as building two stretches of road to connect with Puerto Quetzal. This project has attracted the interest of giants like DHL, the world's largest air cargo transporter in the world, as well as Chile's LAN-Cargo.

International airports

Guatemalan banks and investors will finance the Spanish company TCB for construction of the new container terminal at Puerto Quetzal, reports Elperiodico.com.gt (Aug.