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dragoon bird

noun

Definition of dragoon bird

: a brightly colored Australian pitta (Pitta versicolor) that feeds on snails

— called also noisy pitta

History and Etymology for dragoon bird

so called from its crest that suggests the headdress of a dragoon

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