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Definition of Agami

1. n. A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold- breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.

Definition of Agami

1. a crane-like bird [n -S]

Medical Definition of Agami

1. Origin: F. Agex, fr. The native name. A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Agami

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

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"The agami Heron is a magnificent bird, whose specific characters are inserted at page 341. It is more than two feet and a half in length ; and inhabits ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1898)
"308 (1890) A. agami. Range. From Mexico throughout Central America and South America to ... Le Héron agami, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 383 (1780). ..."

3. Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes: Being Records of Travel on the by Richard Spruce, Alfred Russel Wallace (1908)
"One day I was alone with the agami in a caatinga about four miles from the ... Whilst I hunted for plants the agami hunted for snakes, and had already ..."

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