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cotinga en · NOUN

Etymology

From New Latin cotinga, from Old Tupi cutinga.

Meanings

1. Any of the neotropical passerine birds of the family Cotingidae.
   • Sheer color alone is powerful enough, but when heightened by contrast, it becomes still more effective, and I seemed to have secured, with two barrels, a cotinga and its shadow. 1921, William Beebe, Edge of the Jungle:
   • Flocks of aquatic birds were to be seen on every side, the most numerous being the pelican, and a bird of the cotinga species, about the size of an English throstle, the plumage of which, being jet black and flamingo red, had a beautiful effect in the sunshine, as they flew or settled in thousands on the canes. 1857, John Benwell, An Englishman's Travels in America:

Forms

Deriveds

plum-throated cotinga · cotingid · cotingine

Translations (9)

pl bławatnik (neotropical passerine bird of the family Cotingidae) · hu kotinga (neotropical passerine bird of the family Cotingidae) · ja 飾鳥 (neotropical passerine bird of the family Cotingidae) · pt anambé (neotropical passerine bird of the family Cotingidae) · ru коти́нга (neotropical passerine bird of the family Cotingidae) · cs kotinga (neotropical passerine bird of the family Cotingidae) · fi kotinga (neotropical passerine bird of the family Cotingidae) · pt cotinga (neotropical passerine bird of the family Cotingidae) · et kotinga (neotropical passerine bird of the family Cotingidae)