1) Bird found only in the amazon 2) Bird of the Amazon Basin 3) Gallinacean 4) Gallinaceous bird 5) Hoactzin 6) Opisthocomus hoazin 7) Stinkbird
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1) Hoactzin 2) Stinkbird
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The hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), also known as the stinkbird, or Canje pheasant, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forest and mangrove of the Amazon and the Orinoco Delta in South America. It is notable for having chicks that possess claws on two of their wing digits. It is the only member of the genus Opisthocomus (Ancient...
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South American tropical bird whose young have clawed wings
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• (n.) Same as Hoazin.
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primitive chicken-sized bird of South American swamps, principally in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins. The young possess two large claws on each ... [1 related articles]
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Ho'at·zin noun (Zoology) Same as
Hoazin .
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The hoatzin (Opisthocomus cristatus) is a curious bird found only in the dense undergrowth which fringes the margins of rivers and lagoons around the Amazon. It is pheasant-like, with a long, thin body, a strong, serrated beak, an erectile crest on the head and long claws. The breast-bone is curiously modified, the keel being much reduced, having i...
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n] - crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings
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An odd-looking, leaf-eating bird that nests in branches overhanging lakes and slow-moving streams in the Neotropics; it is the only member of its order and family (Opisthocomidae). To avoid predators, nestlings may temporarily leave the nest and clamber about in trees, aided by small claws on their wings.
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hoactzin noun crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings
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a blue-faced, crested bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, of the Amazon and Orinoco forests, having as a nestling a large, temporary claw on the second and third digits of the forelimb, for climbing among the tree branches.
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