hoat·zin (wät-s n )n. A crested brownish bird (Opisthocomus hoazin) of tropical South America whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings. [American Spanish hoazín, from Nahuatl uatzin, pheasant or small game bird.] |
hoatzin [həʊˈætsɪn], hoactzin
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a unique South American gallinaceous bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, with a brownish plumage, a very small crested head, and clawed wing digits in the young: family Opisthocomidae
[from American Spanish, from Nahuatl uatzin pheasant]
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| Noun | 1. |  hoatzin - crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wingsgallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds genus Opisthocomus, Opisthocomus - type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins |
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