jacamar

American  

[jak-uh-mahr] / ˈdʒæk əˌmɑr /

noun

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

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jacamar British  

/ ˈdʒækəˌmɑː /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of jacamar

1640–50; < French < Tupi jacamáciri

Example Sentences

A bird called jacamar is often taken for a kingfisher, but it has no relationship to that tribe.

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles

The smallest species of jacamar is very common in the dry savannas. 

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles

The great or broad-billed jacamar is very like a kingfisher.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Early in January the jacamar is in fine plumage for the cabinet of the naturalist.

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles

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

From Abandoned by Verne, Jules