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Look up: guan

  1. guan
    [n] - any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Guan
    Guan (gwän) noun ((Zoology) Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope , Pipile , Ortalis , and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/63

  3. guan
    noun 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
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. Guan
    • (n.) Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  5. guan
    any of several small birds of the curassow family. See curassow.[1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/76

  6. guan
    double-reed Chinese wind instrument, having a cylindrical body with seven frontal finger holes and one thumb hole. The northern version is made of ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/77

  7. guan
    guan: see curassow.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09140

  8. Guan
    The guan is a gallinaceous bird of the family Cracidae, genus Penelope. The sides of the head and front of the throat are naked and wattled, the wattles being capable of inflation. The guans perch on trees descending in search of grain and fruits. They are native to Brazil and Guiana, and there was ...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Guan
    `Guan` may refer to either of two Chinese family names (both rendered in Cantonese as Kwoan, or also in l=pipe/tube/duct; a woodwind instrument; to manage/control-->), The corresponding Vietnamese language|Vietnamese version is `Quản`, and the anglicized variation is `Quan`. origin: people: Gua...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan

  10. Guan
    (bird) The `guans` are a number of bird genera which make up the largest group in the family Cracidae. They are found mainly in northern South America, southern Central America, and a few adjacent Caribbean islands. The guans make up four genera in the subfamily `Penelopinae`; furthermore the...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan



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