tody

[ toh-dee ]

noun

, plural to·dies.

1. any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.

tody

/ ˈtəʊdɪ /

noun

1. any small bird of the family Todidae of the Caribbean, having a red-and-green plumage and long straight bill: order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc)

Word History and Origins

Origin of tody¹

Apparently < French todier, based on New Latin Todus a genus, Latin: a kind of small bird

Word History and Origins

Origin of tody¹

C18: from French todier, from Latin todus small bird

Example Sentences

The population of one dazzling green bird that eats almost nothing but insects, the Puerto Rican tody, dropped by 90%.

From The Guardian

A brilliant green bird called the Puerto Rican tody, which eats bugs almost exclusively, diminished by 90 percent.

From Washington Post

Brakfast, Dinar and 0 1 9         Super and half mug of tody 0 2 6 9th.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps the rousing of the odd, fantastic feeling had been favoured by the slumber beginning to encroach on tody and brain.

From Project Gutenberg