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jacamar

jac·a·mar [ jákə mr ] (plural jac·a·mars or jac·a·mar)


noun 
Definition:
 
ground-nesting tropical American bird: a bird with a very long beak and iridescent blue or green feathers that lays its eggs in holes in earth banks. Native to: South and Central America.  Family Galbulidae.

[Early 19th century. < French]
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