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fruiteater

fruiteater noun: any of the Pipreola genus of thickset birds, or Ampelioides tschudii; they live in humid areas of South America. Also the alternative form of fruit-eater.

fruiteater: any of the Pipreola genus of thickset birds, or Ampelioides tschudii; they live in humid areas of...
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Noun

fruiteater (plural fruiteaters)

  1. Any of the Pipreola genus of thickset birds, or Ampelioides tschudii; they live in humid areas of South America.

Also used as

fruiteater is also the alternative form of fruit-eater.

Forms of fruiteater

pluralfruiteaters

Origin of fruiteater

From fruit + eater.

Questions about fruiteater

What does fruiteater mean?
Fruiteater means any of the Pipreola genus of thickset birds, or Ampelioides tschudii; they live in humid areas of South America.
What part of speech is fruiteater?
Fruiteater is a noun.
What is the plural of fruiteater?
The plural of fruiteater is fruiteaters.

Words near fruiteater in the dictionary

  1. fruitcrop
  2. fruitcrops
  3. fruitcrow
  4. fruitcrows
  5. Fruitdale
  6. fruiteater
  7. fruiteaters
  8. fruited
  9. fruited up
  10. fruiten
  11. fruitened

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