Chachalaca
//ˌt͡ʃɑ.t͡ʃəˈlɑ.kə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis, limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans.
- 2 slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds wordnet
Etymology
Late 19th century. From South American Spanish chachalaca, from Classical Nahuatl chachalacani (“tattler, gossiper”), from chāchalāni (“to make a hubbub, create an uproar”).
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