guacharaca
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
guacharaca (plural guacharacas)
- A bird, Ortalis ruficauda.
- Synonyms: cocrico, rufous-vented chachalaca
- (music) A percussion instrument in the form of a partly hollowed tube with ridges carved in its outer surface, played with a wire fork.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Cumanagoto language.
Noun[edit]
guacharaca f (plural guacharacas)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Murui Huitoto: vatarago
Further reading[edit]
- “guacharaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014