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Galbulidae

noun

jacamars

• Syn: ↑family Galbulidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Piciformes, ↑order Piciformes

• Member Meronyms: ↑jacamar

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\\ ̷ ̷ˈbyüləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Galbula, type genus + -idae

: a family of brightly colored, long-billed, tropical American birds (order Piciformes) containing the jacamars, and in some classifications the puffbirds — compare bucconidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.