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Noun: quetzal  kwet-zul
  1. The basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos
     
  2. Large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage
    - quetzal bird

Derived forms: quetzals

Type of: Guatemalan monetary unit, trogon

Part of: genus Pharomacrus, Pharomacrus

Encyclopedia: Quetzal