Definition of Quezales

1. quezal [n] - See also: quezal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quezales

queueless
queuer
queuers
queues
queuine
queuine tRNA-ribosyltransferase
queuing
queuings
quey
queyn
queynie
queynies
queyns
queys
quezal
quezales (current term)
quezals
qugate
qugates
qui tam
qui tams
qui vive
quiaquia
quib
quibble
quibbled
quibbler
quibblers
quibbles
quibbling

Literary usage of Quezales

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"... pieces of pottery, sculls, bones, cheese, books, and manuscripts formed part. On a shelf over his bed were two stuffed quezales, the royal bird of ..."

2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1882)
"much resemble our Spanish jays and are called by the Indians quezales* 4 " The species of sparrows f were very curious, having live distinct colors in their ..."

3. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1854)
"... quezales. As this was Holy Week, we had great difficulty in procuring a guide. None of the Indians wished to leave the village, and the alcalde told mi ..."

4. A Memorial of George Brown Goode, Together with a Selection of His Papers on by Samuel Pierpont Langley, George Brown Goode, Randolph Iltyd Geare, United States National Museum (1901)
"... quezales.1 The species of sparrows* were very curious, having five distinct colors in their plumage—green, red, white, yellow, blue. ..."

5. The Beginnings of Natural History in America: An Address Delivered at the by George Brown Goode (1886)
"... by the Indians quezales* " The species of sparrows f were very curious, having five distinct colors in their plumage—green, red, white, yellow, blue. ..."

6. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz Del Castillo by Bernal Díaz del Castillo, John Ingram Lockhart (1844)
"... called by the Indians quezales. The species of sparrows were particularly curious, having five distinct colours in their plumage—green, red, white, ..."

7. Report on the Progress and Condition of the U.S. National Museum for the by United States National Museum (1901)
"beautiful feathered stuffs These last-mentioned birds very much resemble our Spanish jays and are called by the Indians quezales.1 The species of ..."

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