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Webster 1913 Edition
Promerops
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Prom′e-rops
,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.