CHACHALACA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chachalaca mean? 

• CHACHALACA (noun)
  The noun CHACHALACA has 1 sense:

1. slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds

  Familiarity information: CHACHALACA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHACHALACA (noun)

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Meaning:

Slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("chachalaca" is a kind of...):

gallinacean; gallinaceous bird (heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chachalaca"):

Ortilis vetula macalli; Texas chachalaca (of Mexico and Texas)

Holonyms ("chachalaca" is a member of...):

genus Ortalis; Ortalis (chachalacas)