{Plantain cutter}, or {Plantain eater} (Zo["o]l.), any one of
several large African birds of the genus {Musophaga}, or
family {Musophagid[ae]}, especially {Musophaga violacea}.
See {Turaco}. They are allied to the cuckoos.
{Plantain squirrel} (Zo["o]l.), a Java squirrel ({Sciurus
plantani}) which feeds upon plantains.
{Plantain tree} (Bot.), the treelike herb {Musa paradisiaca}.
See def. 1 (above).