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CURASSOW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("curassow" is a kind of...):
gallinacean; gallinaceous bird (heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds)
Holonyms ("curassow" is a member of...):
Crax; genus Crax (type genus of the Cracidae: curassows)