curassow : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: curassow	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for curassow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
curassow n large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curassow \Curas"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[91]}. 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.