Curassow

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curassow \Cu*ras"sow\ (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.]
     (Zool.)
     A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera {Crax},
     {Ourax}, etc., of the family {Cracid[ae]}.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Note: The crested curassow ({Crax alector}) is black, and
           about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile
           crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to
           Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird ({Ourax
           Pauxi}) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow,
           blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curassow
       n : large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the
           Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as
           game and food