curassow

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cu=ras=sow

CIDE DICTIONARY

curassow, n. [Native name in Brazil.].

 A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidæ.  [1913 Webster]
" The crested curassow (Crax alector) is black, and about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird (Ourax Pauxi) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow, blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

curassow, n. any game bird of the family Cracidae, found in Central and S. America.

Etymology

Anglicized f. CURA{Ccedil}AO