guan

guan

G0294900 (gwän)n. Any of several large game birds of the family Cracidae, native to tropical forests of Central and South America and resembling the curassows.

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[American Spanish, from Kuna (Chibchan language of Panama and northern Colombia) kwama or Miskito kwamu or a kindred indigenous source.]

guan

(ɡwɑːn) n (Animals) any gallinaceous bird of the genera Penelope, Pipile, etc, of Central and South America: family Cracidae (curassows)[C18: from American Spanish]

guan

(gwɑn)

n. any of various long-tailed gallinaceous birds of the family Cracidae, inhabiting New World tropical forests. [1735–45; < one or more American Indian languages of the Caribbean coast]

Thesaurus

Noun

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guan - any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as foodgallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birdsCracidae, family Cracidae - curassows; guans; chachalacaspiping guan - a kind of guan