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trogon

/ˈtɹəʊɡɒn/

trogon noun: a bird in the family Trogonidae from the order Trogoniformes, most of which live in Central and South America, have colorful feathers, and nest in holes in trees.

trogon: a bird in the family Trogonidae from the order Trogoniformes, most of which live in Central and...
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Noun

trogon (plural trogons)

  1. A bird in the family Trogonidae from the order Trogoniformes, most of which live in Central and South America, have colorful feathers, and nest in holes in trees.
    Synonyms:
    trogonid

trogon meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

trogon in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

trogon in Indonesian

species of bird
luntur

Synonyms of trogon

Forms of trogon

pluraltrogons

Origin of trogon

Borrowed from translingual Trogon, from the present active participle of Ancient Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “to chew, to gnaw”).

Phrases with trogon

Questions about trogon

What does trogon mean?
Trogon means a bird in the family Trogonidae from the order Trogoniformes, most of which live in Central and South America, have colorful feathers, and nest in holes in trees.
What is trogon in Tamil?
Trogon in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Trogon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trogon?
Trogon is a noun.
How do you pronounce trogon?
Trogon is pronounced /ˈtɹəʊɡɒn/.
What is the plural of trogon?
The plural of trogon is trogons.

Words near trogon in the dictionary

  1. trogloxenes
  2. trogocytic
  3. trogocytose
  4. trogocytosed
  5. trogocytosis
  6. trogon
  7. trogonid
  8. trogonids
  9. trogonophid
  10. trogonophids
  11. trogons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trogon (page history and authors); trogon (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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