Promerops

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Promerops \Prom"e*rops\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? before + ?
     bee-eater.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of very brilliant birds belonging
     to {Promerops}, {Epimarchus}, and allied genera, closely
     related to the paradise birds, and mostly native of New
     Guinea. They have a long curved beak and a long graduated


     tail.
     [1913 Webster]