wä(t)ˈsēn noun
or hoac·tzin wäk(t)ˈs- ; also hoa·cin wäˈs-
( plural hoatzins -ēnz ; also hoatzi·nes -ē(ˌ)nās ; or hoac·tzins -ēnz ; also hoactzi·nes -ē(ˌ)nās)
Etymology: American Spanish, from Nahuatl uatzin pheasant
: a crested bird ( Opisthocomus hoazin ) of tropical So. America constituting the suborder Opisthocomi of the Galliformes that is somewhat smaller than a pheasant and that has olivaceous plumage marked with white above and that has a disagreeable strong musky smell and the young of which have a well-developed claw on the first and second fingers of the wing by means of which they climb about — called also stinkbird
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