Motmot Definition

mŏtmŏt
noun
Any of a family (Momotidae) of long-tailed, chiefly green, coraciiform birds of tropical and subtropical America, usually nesting in tunnels they make along river banks.
Webster's New World

Any bird in the taxonomic family Momotidae, endemic to the neotropics.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • momot

Other Word Forms of Motmot

Noun

Singular:
motmot
Plural:
motmots

Origin of Motmot

  • New Latin motmot probably of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Onomatopoeic, from American Spanish.

    From Wiktionary

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