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gnateater

gnateater noun: any of the South and Central American passerine birds in the family Conopophagidae.

gnateater: any of the South and Central American passerine birds in the family Conopophagidae
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Noun

gnateater (plural gnateaters)

  1. Any of the South and Central American passerine birds in the family Conopophagidae.

gnateater meaning in Tamil

gnateater in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Forms of gnateater

pluralgnateaters

Origin of gnateater

Calque of translingual Conopophaga. By surface analysis, gnat + eater.

Questions about gnateater

What does gnateater mean?
Gnateater means any of the South and Central American passerine birds in the family Conopophagidae.
What is gnateater in Tamil?
Gnateater in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Gnateater meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gnateater?
Gnateater is a noun.
What is the plural of gnateater?
The plural of gnateater is gnateaters.

Words near gnateater in the dictionary

  1. gnat-strainer
  2. gnat-strainers
  3. gnat-straining
  4. gnatcatcher
  5. gnatcatchers
  6. gnateater
  7. gnateaters
  8. gnath-
  9. gnathal
  10. gnathalgia
  11. gnathia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gnateater (page history and authors); gnateater (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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