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Hoazin

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Hoa´zin
n.1.(Zool.) A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some Zoologists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).


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Since describing the bird, Opisthocomos hoazin, in 1776, ornithologists have had problems pinpointing its closest kin, as the hoatzin looks and acts so unlike other birds.
DNA tests identify hoatzin's cousins by Adler, Tina / Science News
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