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1. (n.) hoatzin
a slender, crested gallinaceous bird, Opisthocomus hoatzin, of the Amazon and Orinoco basins, with young having a temporary claw on the wing for grasping branches.
Etymology: (1655–65; &indirdesc; Nahuatl huāctzīn,huāhtzīn name for several henlike birds of the Valley of Mexico)
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1. (noun) hoatzin, hoactzin, stinkbird, Opisthocomus hoazin
crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings
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1. (noun) hoatzin
same as Hoazin
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