quetzal

/ket-sahl/US // kɛtˈsɑl //UK // (ˈkɛtsəl) //

格查尔,奎兹尔

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural quet·zals, quet·za·les [ket-sah-leys]. /kɛtˈsɑ leɪs/.
- : any of several large Central and South American trogons of the genus Pharomachrus, having golden-green and scarlet plumage, especially P. mocino, the national bird of Guatemala: rare and possibly endangered.
- : a paper money and monetary unit of Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: Q.

It was a Chiriqui quetzal, perched upon a small slab brought from Palenque and fastened as a bracket above the fireplace.
This is the home of the resplendent trogon, called the quetzal—the imperial bird of the Quiches.
While the king, his warriors and people, are gathered to the combat, Quetzal steps from the canoe to the sea-shore.
A certain lord in the palace, who goes thrice a week to the shrine of Quetzal, has faith in the gossip and the paba.
Prince of Tezcuco, he said, son of the wise Hualpilli, from the sun Quetzal looks down on the earth.