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Definition of Guitguit
1. n. One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family Cœrebidæ, allied to the creepers; -- called also quit. See Quit.
Definition of Guitguit
1. Noun. One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family Coerebidae, allied to the creepers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Guitguit
1. a tropical American bird [n -S]
Medical Definition of Guitguit
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Guitguit
Literary usage of Guitguit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... of arsenic and lead occurring in masses of a bluish-gray color and metallic
luster, found at the Zuñi mine near Silverton, Colorado. guitguit ..."
2. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"... or guitguit. An imitative name given in tropical America to almost any small
bird having a quickly repeated cry, especially the creepers of the genera ..."
3. Brookesian Museum: The Museum of Joshua Brookes ... Consists of a Collection by Joshua Brookes (1828)
"76 A specimen of the Night Heron (Nycticorax Europaeus), ' 75 A Cayenne Warbler,
guitguit (Nectarinia Cyanea). 77 A White-bellied Hatchet-bill ..."
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