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‖ jacamar|ˈdʒækəmɑː(r)|
[a. F. Jacamar (Brisson, 1760), ad. Tupi-Guarani Jacama-ciri.]
Any bird of the family Galbulidæ, natives of South America, having a general resemblance in appearance to the bee-eaters and in habits to the king-fishers.
[1648Marcgrave Hist. Nat. Brasil. 202 Iacamaciri Brasiliensibus, avis Alaudæ magnitudinis.] 1825Waterton Wand. S. Amer. (1882) 26 A bird called Jacamar is often taken for a kingfisher. 1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 136 The Jacamars are closely allied to the king⁓fishers by their elongated sharp-pointed beak... They are solitary birds, that live in wet forests, feed on insects, and build on low branches. 1896Newton Dict. Birds, Jacamar, a word formed by Brisson from Jacamaciri, the Brazilian name of a bird, as given by Marcgrave, and since adopted in most European tongues for the species to which it was first applied and others allied to it, forming the family Galbulidæ of ornithologists. |
