hoatzin

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wingsSynonyms: hoactzinstinkbirdOpisthocomus hoazinType of gallinaceous bird, gallinaceanMember of Opisthocomus, genus Opisthocomus
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ho′at·zin noun

Zoology Same as Hoazin.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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