QUETZAL
- any of several large Central and South American trogons of the genus Pharomachrus, having golden-green and scarlet plumage, esp. P. mocino(resplendent quetzal), the national bird of Guatemala: rare and possibly endangered
- a tropical bird, also QUEZAL [n QUETZALS or QUETZALES or QUEZALS]
- paper money and monetary unit of Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos