CURASSOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does curassow mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CURASSOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food

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Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

Crax; genus Crax (type genus of the Cracidae: curassows)