Definition of cotinga Cotinga

co•tin•ga

We found 5 definitions of cotinga from 5 different sources.

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What does cotinga mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: cotingas

cotinga - passerine bird of New World tropics
  chatterer
  new world flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, flycatcher large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
  genus cotinga type genus of the Cotingidae: cotingas
  rupicola rupicola, cock of the rock tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest
  rupicola peruviana, cock of the rock tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest
  bellbird any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • cotinga (n.)
    A bird of the family Cotingidae, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • cotinga
    kō-ting′ga, n. a genus of passerine birds of bright plumage, represented by six species in central and in tropical South America. [Native name.]

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