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COURLAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does courlan mean?
• COURLAN (noun)
The noun COURLAN has 1 sense:
1. wading bird of South America and Central America
Familiarity information: COURLAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wading bird of South America and Central America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aramus guarauna; courlan
Hypernyms ("courlan" is a kind of...):
wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)
Holonyms ("courlan" is a member of...):
Gruiformes; order Gruiformes (inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards)
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