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guacharo

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gua=cha=ro

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun guacharo has 1 sense

guacharo(n = noun.animal) oilbird, steatornis caripensis - nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter; Array

is a kind of caprimulgiform bird

is a member of genus steatornis, steatornis

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CIDE DICTIONARY

guacharo, n. [Cf. Sp. guácharo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird.].

A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird. [1913 Webster]

" It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted from the young by the natives." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

guacharo, n. (pl. -os) a nocturnal bird, Steatornis caripensis, native to S. America and feeding on fruit. Also called oil-bird.

Etymology

S.Amer. Sp.

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