curassow

English

Wattled curassow (Crax globulosa)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Curaçao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjʊərəˌsəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

curassow (plural curassows)

1. Any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi, and Crax of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.

Derived terms

• Alagoas curassow
• bare-faced curassow
• black curassow
• blue-knobbed curassow
• crestless curassow
• great curassow
• nocturnal curassow
• northern helmeted curassow
• razor-billed curassow
• red-knobbed curassow
• Salvin's curassow
• southern helmeted curassow
• wattled curassow
• yellow-knobbed curassow

Translations

birds of the family Cracidae

• Chamicuro: c̈hkwa'ti
• Finnish: hokko (fi)
• French: hocco (fr) m
• Hungarian: hokkó, mitu
• Mam: paẍa (Pauxi pauxi)
• Polish: czubacz (pl) m
• Portuguese: mutum m
• Spanish: hoco (es) m, mamaco m, muitú m, pajuí m, paujil (es) m, pavón (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: powisi (Crax alector)

References

• curassow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cracidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cracidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons