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."
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