Guacharo
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 the oilbird (A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis caripensis) dated
- 2 nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter wordnet
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Compare Spanish guácharo (“sickly, dropsical”), guacharaca (“a sort of bird”).