Guan

2 definitions found

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

  Guan \Guan\ (gw[aum]n), n. ((Zool.)
     Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of
     Central and South America, belonging to {Penelope}, {Pipile},
     {Ortalis}, and allied genera. Several of the species are
     often domesticated.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  guan
       n : any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family
           Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America;
           resembling the curassows and valued as food