One of a family or subfamily (Pelopinæ, Newton) of gallinaceous birds of South America, allied to the curassows.

In Guyana: any of several large, tree-dwelling birds resembling pheasants, having predominantly brown or black plumage; esp. Penelope marail, Penelop…

Ornithology. A genus of the gallinaceous family Cracidae, comprising several species of guan; (also penelope) a guan of this genus.

A large, turkey-like, South American game bird of the genus Penelope, esp. P. marail or P. jacquacu; cf. guan, n.

each of three guans of the genus Aburria, found in South America and Trinidad, the blue-throated A. pipile, the red-throated A. cujubi, and the…