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Large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails
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curassow
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Curassow \Cu*ras"sow\ (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.] (Zool.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax , Ourax , etc., of the family Cracid[ae] . Note: The crested curassow ( Crax alector ) is black, and about the size of a small hen-turkey, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several species of bird in the genera ''Nothocrax'', ''Mitu'', ''Pauxi'', and ''Crax'' of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Curassows are one of the three major groups of cracid birds. Three of the four genera are restricted to tropical South America ; a single species of Crax ranges north to Mexico . They form a distinct clade which is usually classified as the subfamily Cracinae ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
Usage examples of curassow.
When he had traveled for a considerable distance, he sighted a curassow and remembered that he had not eaten for some time.