Home › Words › T › trogontrogon/ˈtɹəʊɡɒn/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.trogon is pronounced /ˈtɹəʊɡɒn/.EtymologyBorrowed from translingual Trogon, from the present active participle of Ancient Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “to chew, to gnaw”).nounA 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.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).