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hoa·tzin \wä(t)ˈsēn\ noun or hoac·tzin \wäk(t)ˈs-\; also hoa·cin \wäˈs-\ (plural hoatzins \-ēnz\ ; also hoatzi·nes \-ē(ˌ)nās\ ; or hoac·tzins \-ēnz\ ; also hoactzi·nes \-ē(ˌ)nās\) Etymology: American Spanish, from Nahuatl uatzin pheasant : a crested bird (Opisthocomus hoazin) of tropical So. America constituting the suborder Opisthocomi of the Galliformes that is somewhat smaller than a pheasant and that has olivaceous plumage marked with white above and that has a disagreeable strong musky smell and the young of which have a well-developed claw on the first and second fingers of the wing by means of which they climb about — called also stinkbird
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