quetzal — /ket sahl /, n., pl. quetzals, quetzales / sah lays/. 1. any of several large Central and South American trogons of the genus Pharomachrus, having golden green and scarlet plumage, esp. P. mocino (resplendent quetzal), the national bird of… … Universalium
Quetzal (Vogel) — Quetzal Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) Systematik Klasse: Vögel (Aves) Ordnung: Trogone (Trogoniformes) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Quetzal — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Quetzal puede referirse a: Un género de aves centroamericanas: Pharomachrus. El Quetzal es un ave perteneciente a la familia Trogonidae, que se encuentra en las regiones tropicales de América. La palabra quetzal fue… … Wikipedia Español
quetzal — [ket säl′] n. [AmSp < Nahuatl quetzaltototl < quetzalli, tail feather + tototls, bird] 1. a crested trogon bird (Pharomachrus mocinno) of Central America, usually brilliant green above and red below, with long, streaming tail feathers in… … English World dictionary
Quetzal — Taxobox name = Quetzals image width = 140px image caption = Resplendent Quetzal regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Trogoniformes familia = Trogonidae genus = Pharomachrus de la Llave. 1832 Euptilotis Gould, 1858 subdivision … Wikipedia
bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a … Universalium
Bird nest — For animal nests in general, see Nest. For other uses, see Bird s nest. Deep cup nest of the Great Reed warbler A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young. Although the term popularly refers to a… … Wikipedia
quetzal — /ˈkɛtsəl/ (say ketsuhl) noun 1. any of various Central American birds of the genus Pharomachrus, as the resplendent quetzal, P. mocinno, having golden green and scarlet plumage, and, in the male, long flowing upper tail coverts; the national bird …
quetzal — gold and green bird with long tail feathers Unusual Animals … Phrontistery dictionary