coraciiform_bird (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *coraciiform bird*:
NOUN	animal	coraciiform bird	chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes

English > *coraciiform bird*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes.
Member of	Coraciiformes, order Coraciiformes	rollers
Narrower	bee eater	colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight
	hoopoe, hoopoo	Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill
	hornbill	bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance
	kingfisher	nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill
	motmot, momot	Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage
	roller	Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight
	tody	tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill
	wood hoopoe	Tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest
Broader	bird	warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Spanish	coraciforme
Catalan	ocell coraciforme

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