trogon

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails

Borrowed from translingual Trogon, from the present active participle of Ancient Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “to chew, to gnaw”).

=quetzal=, m., a trogon of Mexico and Guatemala having golden green plumage. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
About five o'clock the sun rose radiant, and was greeted by the cardinals, trogons, and parrots. — Adventures of a Young Naturalist, Lucien Biart
Parrots and trogons, and tanagers flashed around our heads; and the great-billed and silly-looking toucans sat silent in the branches above. — The Rifle Rangers, Mayne Reid

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