resplendent quetzel

1. 1.

   very rare Central American bird; the national bird of Guatemala

   Synonymsresplendent trogonPharomacrus mocino

   Broaderquetzal

Questions about resplendent quetzel

What does resplendent quetzel mean?

resplendent quetzel means "very rare Central American bird; the national bird of Guatemala".

What is another word for resplendent quetzel?

Close synonyms include resplendent trogon, Pharomacrus mocino. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is resplendent quetzel a common word?

resplendent quetzel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.