Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of South American barbets or puff-birds, of the family Bucconidæ; the nun-birds or monases.

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  • Alien species, such as rats, continue to devastate native species and are believed to been largely responsible for the extinction of the Kosrae crake (Porzana monasa) and the Kosrae starling (Aplonis corvina).

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