family cracidae

Noun
  1. Curassows;
    Guans;
    Chachalacas (synset 101801727)
    is a type of: bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    member holonym:
    • guan - any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food
    • crax, genus crax - type genus of the Cracidae: curassows
    • genus penelope, penelope - a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)
    • genus pipile, pipile - genus of large crested guans (the piping guans)
    • genus ortalis, ortalis - chachalacas
    belongs to: galliformes, order galliformes - pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins
    same as: cracidae

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