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Curassow
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Curassow has 1 sense
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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Curassow, n. any game bird of the family Cracidae, found in Central and S. America.
Etymology
Anglicized f. CURA{Ccedil}AO
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