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PUFFBIRD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("puffbird" is a kind of...):
piciform bird (any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood)
Holonyms ("puffbird" is a member of...):
Bucconidae; family Bucconidae (puffbirds)