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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Curassow \Cu*ras"sow\ (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.]
     (Zool.)
     A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax,
     Ourax, etc., of the family Cracid[ae].
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The crested curassow ({Crax alector) is black, and
           about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile
           crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to
           Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird ({Ourax
           Pauxi) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow,
           blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.
           [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Curassow \Cu*ras"sow\ (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.]
     (Zool.)
     A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax,
     Ourax, etc., of the family Cracid[ae].
  
     Note: The crested curassow ({Crax alector) is black, and
           about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile
           crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to
           Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird ({Ourax
           Pauxi) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow,
           blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  curassow
       n : large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the
           Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as
           game and food

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  curassow
     n.
     Any of several species of bird in the genera ''Nothocrax'', ''Mitu'',
  ''Pauxi'', and ''Crax'' of the Cracidae family, limited to the
  Americas.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  curassow
     n.
     Any of several species of bird in the genera ''Nothocrax'', ''Mitu'',
  ''Pauxi'', and ''Crax'' of the Cracidae family, limited to the
  Americas.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  curassow
     n.
     Any of several species of bird in the genera ''Nothocrax'', ''Mitu'',
  ''Pauxi'', and ''Crax'' of the Cracidae family, limited to the
  Americas.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  curassow
     n.
     Any of several species of bird in the genera ''Nothocrax'', ''Mitu'',
  ''Pauxi'', and ''Crax'' of the Cracidae family, limited to the
  Americas.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  curassow
     Englanti n.
     eräistä hokot heimon linnuista käytetty nimitys (alaheimo (takso:
  Cracinae))

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  curassow /kjˈʊəɹɐsˌəʊ/
  hoko

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  curassow /kjˈʊəɹɐsˌəʊ/ 
  hokko
  birds of the family Cracidae

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 大鸟;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 大鸟

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