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CRESTED SCREAMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crested screamer mean? 

CRESTED SCREAMER (noun)
  The noun CRESTED SCREAMER has 1 sense:

1. distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the headplay

  Familiarity information: CRESTED SCREAMER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CRESTED SCREAMER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("crested screamer" is a kind of...):

screamer (gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call)

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

chaja; Chauna torquata (largest crested screamer; native to southern Brazil and Argentina)

Holonyms ("crested screamer" is a member of...):

Chauna; genus Chauna (crested screamers)


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