noun
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
Origin:
1735–45; < American Spanish
1735–45; < American Spanish
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| —n | |
| any gallinaceous bird of the genera Penelope, Pipile, etc, of Central and South America: family Cracidae (curassows) | |
| [C18: from American Spanish] | |
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