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‖ guarauna|gwəˈraʊnə|
[Guarani; app. a compound of guara.]
A bird of the genus Aramus; the courlan or limpkin.
1678Ray Willugby's Ornith. 292 The Brasilian Guarauna of Marggrave. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 248/2 The Brisilian Guarauna. It hath a long bill a little inclining downwards..It is in form like the Woodcock. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Guarauna, in zoology, the name of a small Brasilian bird common in watery places, and of the size of our snipe. 1895C. Dixon in Fortn. Rev. Apr. 645 Such peculiar forms as the hoazin..the two guaraunas. |