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quetzal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun quetzal has 2 senses
- quetzal(n = noun.quantity) Array - the basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos; Array has parts: centavo
- quetzal(n = noun.animal) quetzal bird - large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage; Array is a kind of trogon
is a kind of guatemalan monetary unit
is a member of genus pharomacrus, pharomacrus
has particulars: pharomacrus mocino, resplendent quetzel, resplendent trogon
OXFORD DICTIONARY
quetzal, n.
1 any of various brilliantly coloured birds of the family Trogonidae, esp. the Central and S. American Pharomachrus mocinno, the male of which has long green tail coverts.
2 the chief monetary unit of Guatemala.
1 any of various brilliantly coloured birds of the family Trogonidae, esp. the Central and S. American Pharomachrus mocinno, the male of which has long green tail coverts.
2 the chief monetary unit of Guatemala.
Etymology
Sp. f. Aztec f. quetzalli the bird's tail-feather
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