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Curassow

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

cu=ras=sow

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Curassow has 1 sense

curassow(n = noun.animal) - large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food;

is a kind of

gallinacean

gallinaceous bird

is a member of crax, genus crax

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Curassow, n. [Native name in Brazil.].

A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidæ. [1913 Webster]

" The crested curassow (Crax alector) is black, and about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird (Ourax Pauxi) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow, blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Curassow, n. any game bird of the family Cracidae, found in Central and S. America.

Etymology

Anglicized f. CURA{Ccedil}AO