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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Cotingidae .
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Examples
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49 26 Parrakeets; _Touit batavica_ (Bodd.) 52 3 Purple-throated Cotinga; _Cotinga cayana_ (Linné) 53 15 Dark-breasted Mourner; _Lipaugus simplex_ Licht.
Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919
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Against the strong objection from her brother, Moore also submitted the name TURCOTINGA, which was a play on the Cotinga (a South American bird) and the color turquoise.
SeeLight: 2007
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Against the strong objection from her brother, Moore also submitted the name TURCOTINGA, which was a play on the Cotinga (a South American bird) and the color turquoise.
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(Cab. and Hein.) 37 2 Monarch; _Anosia plexippus_ (Linné) 38 7 Red-breasted Blue Chatterer; _Cotinga cotinga_ Linné
Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919
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You, who think my similes are overdone, search out in the nearest museum the dustiest of purple-throated cotingas, -- _Cotinga cayana, _ -- and then, instead, berate me for inadequacy.
Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919
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Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema, Purple-throated Cotinga
BIRDS ETCETERA John L. Trapp 2010
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