curassow
(noun) large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
Source: WordNet® 3.1
curassow (plural curassows)
Any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi, and Crax of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.
Source: Wiktionary
Cu*ras"sow (k-rs"s), n. Etym: [Native name in Brazil.] (Zool.)
Definition: A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidæ.
Note: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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