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Definition of Cotinga
1. Noun. Passerine bird of New World tropics.
Generic synonyms: Flycatcher, New World Flycatcher, Tyrant Bird, Tyrant Flycatcher
Group relationships: Genus Cotinga
Specialized synonyms: Cock Of The Rock, Rupicola Rupicola, Cock Of The Rock, Rupicola Peruviana, Bellbird, Cephalopterus Ornatus, Umbrella Bird
Definition of Cotinga
1. n. A bird of the family Cotingidæ, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.
Definition of Cotinga
1. Noun. Any of the neotropical passerine birds of the genus ''Cotinga'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cotinga
1. a tropical bird [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotinga
Literary usage of Cotinga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"cotinga amabilis. adult male (p. 7M ее. Tail-coverts falling far short of tip of
... cotinga nattered, adult male > p. 7S5 cc. Inner webs of rémiges mostly ..."
2. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"Produce of Demerara.—Slavery.—A traveller's necessaries—Walking barefoot.—The
best costume.—Humming-birds.— cotinga.—Campanero, or Bell-bird. ..."
3. A familiar history of birds: Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts by Edward Stanley (1880)
"Used in taking Falcons.— Puff-backed Shrike.—Thrush Genus.—Instinctive Habits in
Feeding. —Anecdote.—Thrush and Young Cuckoo.—Fly-catchers.—cotinga. ..."
4. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1888)
"SN ip 298 ; Burnt. Sytt. Ueb. ii. p. 430 ; pi. 110 ; Cab. in Si-homb. Guian, iii.
p. 093. cotinga coelestis, Gray, Lût Gen. B. p. ..."
5. British Guiana Boundary: Arbitration with the United States of Venezuela by Great Britain (1898)
"... from experience that he is li'-nerally esteemed in the Province of Rio Negro.
We continued the ascent of the-cotinga, and passed its junction with the ..."
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