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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] before + [GREEK] bee-eater.]

(Zool.)

Any one of several species of very brilliant birds belonging to

Promerops

Epimarchus

, and allied genera, closely related to the paradise birds, and mostly native of New Guinea. They have a long curved beak and a long graduated tail.

Promerops ?

Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276