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- noun Plural form of
jacamar .
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Examples
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The South American birds called jacamars, for example, look and act very much like the African bee-eaters, even though the two families are not closely related.
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The feathered tribes of the island were all represented — grouse, jacamars, pheasants, lories, as well as the chattering cockatoos, parrots, and paroquets.
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The feathered tribes of the island were all represented — grouse, jacamars, pheasants, lories, as well as the chattering cockatoos, parrots, and paroquets.
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As they got up close, parrots and jacamars began to scream in the trees again.
The Season Of The Machete Patterson, James, 1947- 1977
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As they got up close, parrots and jacamars began to scream in the trees again.
The Season of the Machete Patterson, James, 1947- 1977
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In the Brazilian forests there are great numbers of insectivorous birds -- as jacamars, trogons, and puffbirds -- which catch insects on the wing, and that they destroy many butterflies is indicated by the fact that the wings of these insects are often found on the ground where their bodies have been devoured.
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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The feathered tribes of the island were all represented -- tetras, jacamars, pheasants, lories, as well as the chattering cockatoos, parrots, and paroquets.
The Secret of the Island Jules Verne 1866
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The kingfishers grouped in the two cases before which the visitor now stands, include specimens of the Australian brown kingfisher; the green and great jacamars of South America; the
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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Most jacamars are clothed with a plumage of the most beautiful golden, bronze, and steel colours.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Among the characteristic members of the feathered tribe in these forests are the jacamars, as they are found in no other part of the world.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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