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Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter
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guacharo
Word definitions for guacharo in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter [syn: oilbird , Steatornis caripensis ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guacharo \Gua*cha"ro\, n. [Cf. Sp. gu['a]charo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird.] (Zo["o]l.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad ( Steatornis Caripensis , or S. steatornis ); -- called also oilbird . Note: It resembles the goatsuckers ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad ((taxlink Steatornis caripensis species noshow=1) or (taxlink Steatornis steatornis species noshow=1)); the oilbird.
Usage examples of guacharo.
They sat in the cloister with their backs to the east wall, and when Stephen had told him all he knew about albatrosses, which was not inconsiderable, he having sat with them for hours at their nesting places on Desolation Island, sometimes lifting them off to look closely at their eggs - all he knew, particularly about their flight, Eduardo spoke with great eagerness of the guacharo, a very singular bird he had discovered in a vast cavern near Cajamarca in the Andes, a vast cavern indeed, but scarcely large enough for the prodigious number of guacharos that tried to get in, so that some were left outside.