HOATZIN


Meaning of HOATZIN in English

noun Etymology: ultimately from Nahuatl huāctzin the laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) Date: 1661 a crested large South American bird ( Opisthocomos hoazin ) with blue facial skin, red eyes, brown plumage marked with white above, and claws on the first and second digits of the wing when young

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