Curassow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several long-tailed, crested South and Central American game birds of the family Cracidae, related to the pheasants and domestic fowl.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi and Crax of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidæ.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of the large gallinaceous South American birds of the genera Crax and Pauxi, and the subfamily Cracinæ.
  • n. plural The family Cracidæ.
  • n. Also spelled carasow, carassow, and also called hocco, mituporanga, and by other names.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gallinacean    gallinaceous bird   
    Cross Reference
    mountain curassow   
    Form
    Southern    Bare    Red    Black    Nocturnal    Yellow    Wattled    Helmeted    Razor    Northern   
     
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