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Cracidae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Cracidae - curassows; guans; chachalacasfamily Cracidaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsGalliformes, order Galliformes - pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzinsguan - any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as foodCrax, genus Crax - type genus of the Cracidae: curassowsgenus Penelope, Penelope - a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)genus Pipile, Pipile - genus of large crested guans (the piping guans)genus Ortalis, Ortalis - chachalacas |
Cracidae
Cracidae[′kra·sə‚dē] (vertebrate zoology) A family of New World tropical upland game birds in the order Galliformes; includes the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. Cracidae a family of birds of the order Galliformes. Of large or medium size, the Cracidae have strong legs, long and curved tails, and short wings. Some have a pectinate crest and sometimes a fleshy cere. There are 44 species. The Cracidae live in forests, spending most of the time on trees, where they build their nests and lay 2–3 white eggs at a time. They feed on fruits and insects. The Cracidae are found in America, from Mexico to northern Argentina. A well-known species is the crested curassow (Crax alector); the males are blue-black with white underparts, and the females have reddish underparts. The body measures 95 cm long. Cracidae are game birds. Cracidae
Related to Cracidae: chachalaca, CracinaeSynonyms for Cracidaenoun curassowsSynonymsRelated Words- bird family
- Galliformes
- order Galliformes
- guan
- Crax
- genus Crax
- genus Penelope
- Penelope
- genus Pipile
- Pipile
- genus Ortalis
- Ortalis
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