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curassow

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cu⋅ras⋅sow

  [kyoor-uh-soh, kyoo-ras-oh]
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–noun
any of several large, arboreal, gallinaceous birds of the family Cracidae, of South and Central America.
Origin:
1675–85; after Curaçao
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cu·ras·sow   (kŏŏr'ə-sō', kyŏŏr'-)   
n.  Any of several long-tailed, crested South and Central American game birds of the family Cracidae, related to the pheasants and domestic fowl.

[Alteration of Curaçao.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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