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Definition of Jacamars
1. jacamar [n] - See also: jacamar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacamars
Literary usage of Jacamars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions Toward a Monograph of the Insects of the Lepidopterous Family by John Bernhard Smith (1895)
"65, pi. xx Monogr. of jacamars and Puff-birds, p. 77, pi. xxv Monogr. of jacamars
and Puff-birds, p. 75, pi. xxiv Monogr. of jacamars and Puff birds, p. ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"... as in the kingfishers ; the plumage moreover, of the jacamars, is not so smooth
as in the kingfishers, and has always a metallic lustre. ..."
3. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"Pendulous nests.—Gregarious nesting of different species.—Woodpeckers of America
and England.—Kingfishers.—jacamars and their fly-catching habits. ..."
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