n.
Pronunciation: wä(t)- ' s ē n
Function: noun
Etymology: ultimately from Nahuatl hu ā ctzin the laughing falcon ( Herpetotheres cachinnans )
Date: 1661
: a crested large So. 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
hoatzin