quetzal
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quetzal /ˈkɛts(ə)l, ˈkwɛt-/
▶noun
- 1 a long-tailed tropical American bird with iridescent green plumage and typically red underparts. [Pharomachrus mocinno and other species.]
- 2 the basic monetary unit of Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos.
– origin C19: from Sp., from Aztec quetzalli ‘brightly coloured tail feather’.
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