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Curassow
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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
Synonyms | Synonyms for Curassow: Related Terms | Find terms related to Curassow: 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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