hoatzin
hoatzin
[həʊˈatsɪn]
noun
[həʊˈatsɪn]
noun
- a large tree-dwelling tropical American bird with weak flight. Young hoatzins have hooked claws on their wings, enabling them to climb about among the branches
麝雉，爪羽鸡 - Opisthocomus hoazin, the only member of the family Opisthocomidae (order Galliformes or Cuculiformes)
拉丁名Opisthocomus hoazin，麝雉科的唯一成员（鸡形目或鹃形目）
- mid 17th cent.: from American Spanish, from Nahuatl uatzin, probably imitative of its call
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