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Definition of Cotingas
1. cotinga [n] - See also: cotinga
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotingas
Literary usage of Cotingas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"... largely composed of shreds of grayish bark and lichens. Their eggs are like
many others of the Hummers. PERCHING BIRDS. Order XVII. PASSERES. cotingas. ..."
2. Roraima and British Guiana: With a Glance at Bermuda, the West Indies, and by John Whetham Boddam-Whetham (1879)
"... CREEK— cotingas—SAVANNA INDIANS—A WATER LABYRINTH—AMUSING SCENES—END OP NAVIGATION.
AS the Captain did not arrive at the appointed time with the ..."
3. Elements of Ornithology: Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges by William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger, Henri Milne-Edwards, Achille Comté (1845)
"Shrikes—Flycatchers,— cotingas.— Blackbirds.— Thrushes. — Water-thrushes.
—Orioles.—Lyres. — Warblers, (such as the Nightingales, Linnets, and Wrens. ..."
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