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Curassow

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Noun

1. curassow

large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Curassow

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noun
any gallinaceous ground-nesting bird of the family Cracidae, of S North, Central, and South America. Curassows have long legs and tails and, typically, a distinctive crest of curled feathers
See also guan

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Curassow

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noun
any of several dark, crested, gallinaceous game birds (family Cracidae, esp. genera Crax and Mitu) of South and Central America, which usually nest in trees

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Curassow

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n.
Any of several long-tailed, crested South and Central American game birds of the family Cracidae, related to the pheasants and domestic fowl.

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