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puffbird
[ puhf-burd ]
noun
- any of several tropical American birds of the family Bucconidae, related to the barbets, having a large head with the feathers often fluffed out.
puffbird
/ ˈpʌfˌbɜːd /
noun
- any of various brownish tropical American birds of the family Bucconidae, having a large head: order Piciformes (woodpeckers, etc)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of puffbird1
C19: so called because of its habit of puffing out its feathers
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Example Sentences
After analyzing its DNA, Whitney realized he’d found a new species of puffbird: stout, fluffy birds with exceptionally large heads that live mostly solitary lives in the Amazonian treetops.
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