Home › Words › P › purpletuftpurpletuftpurpletuft · noun — any of the genus Iodopleura of small, short-tailed birds found in the canopy of forests in tropical South America.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom purple + tuft, a reference to the purple feather tufts on the flanks of the male.nounAny of the genus Iodopleura of small, short-tailed birds found in the canopy of forests in tropical South America.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.marshbird 62% match — Any of the tropical birds in the genus Pseudoleistes, found in South America. vs purpletuft →bushbird 61% match — Any of the tropical birds in the genera Neoctantes or Clytoctantes, found in South America. vs purpletuft →umbrellabird 59% match — A large tropical cotinga of the genus Cephalopterus found in the forests of South America, with black plumage, a radiating crest on the top of its head, vaguely resembling an umbrella, and typically long wattles. vs purpletuft →pytilia 58% match — Any of the birds in the genus Pytilia, found in Africa. vs purpletuft →leafbird 58% match — Any of the genus Chloropsis of small passerine birds, native to India and southeast Asia. vs purpletuft →fruitcrow 58% match — Any of the tropical birds in the genera Querula, Pyroderus, Haematoderus or Gymnoderus. They are found in Central and South America. vs purpletuft →plumeleteer 58% match — Either of two hummingbird species in the genus Chalybura. vs purpletuft →thorntail 57% match — Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Discosura. vs purpletuft →