Rupicola

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several South American passerine birds, of the genus Rupicola, having bright plumage and a fan-shaped crest on the head.

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cock of rockcock-of-the-rockgenus rupicola

Etymology

From the genus name, from Latin rupicola, from rūpēs (“cliff”, “crag”) + -cola (“-inhabitor”).

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south american

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