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Curassow

noun
1.
Large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food.





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"Curassow" Quotes from Famous Books



... almost as large as an ordinary turkey. It was of a dark-violet colour, with a purplish-green gloss on the back and breast. The lower part was of the purest white, while the crest was of a bright golden-yellow, greatly increasing the beauty of the bird. John called it the crested curassow—the crax alector. ...
— On the Banks of the Amazon • W.H.G. Kingston


Words linked to "Curassow" :   genus Crax, Crax, gallinacean, gallinaceous bird


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