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Curassow

Curassow Meaning & Definition
Curassow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Curassow?

[n] 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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See Also | Crax | gallinaceon | gallinaceous bird | genus Crax

Curassow In Webster's Dictionary

\Cu*ras"sow\ (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.] (Zool.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera {Crax}, {Ourax}, etc., of the family {Cracid[ae]}. 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.

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