trogon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a tropical forest bird of the family Trogonidae, typically with brilliant plumage, a long tail, and a short broad bill

   A brightly colored trogon watched from a shaded branch above the forest trail.

Borrowed from New Latin Trogon, the genus name, from Greek trogon, the present participle of trogein, 'to gnaw.' The scientific name became the English common name for birds of the family Trogonidae.

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