Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Promerops \Prom"e*rops\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? before + ?
   bee-eater.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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.