jacamar

[ jak-uh-mahr ]

/ ˈdʒæk əˌmɑr /

any tropical American bird of the family Galbulidae, having a long bill and usually metallic green plumage above.

Origin of jacamar

1640–50; < French < Tupi jacamáciri

At one point, I recollect, a gold-green Jacamar sat on a log and looked at me till I was within five yards of her.

At Last |Charles Kingsley
Early in January the jacamar is in fine plumage for the cabinet of the naturalist.

Wanderings in South America |Charles Waterton
The jacamar lives entirely on insects, but never goes in search of them.

Wanderings in South America |Charles Waterton
They could hear the tempest raging in Jacamar Wood, which would surely suffer from it.

The Mysterious Island |Jules Verne

It was indeed a jacamar, of which the plumage shines with a metallic luster.

The Mysterious Island |Jules Verne

jacamar

/ (ˈdʒækəˌmɑː) /

any bird of the tropical American family Galbulidae, having an iridescent plumage and feeding on insects: order Piciformes (woodpeckers, etc)

C19: from French, from Tupi jacamá-ciri