[ həʊ'atsɪn ]
■ noun a large tree-dwelling tropical American bird with weak flight. [ Opisthocomus hoazin .]
Origin
C17: from Amer. Sp., from Nahuatl uatzin , prob. imitative of its call.
[ həʊ'atsɪn ]
■ noun a large tree-dwelling tropical American bird with weak flight. [ Opisthocomus hoazin .]
Origin
C17: from Amer. Sp., from Nahuatl uatzin , prob. imitative of its call.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004