hoatzin (redirected from hoatzins)

hoat·zin  (wät-sn)

n.

A crested brownish bird (Opisthocomus hoazin) of tropical South America whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings.

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[American Spanish hoazín, from Nahuatl uatzin, pheasant or small game bird.]

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hoatzin [həʊˈætsɪn], hoactzin

n

(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 wings hoactzin, Opisthocomus hoazin, stinkbird gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds genus Opisthocomus, Opisthocomus - type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins