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jaca·mar (jak′ə mär′)

noun

any of a family (Galbulidae) of tropical forest piciform birds of South and Central America that feed on insects

Etymology: Fr < native (Tupí) name

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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