Hoatzin

//ˈwɑːtsɪn//

Synonyms for "hoatzin" (4 found)

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Noun(1 words)

Related words (2)

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Translations

49 translations across 37 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • هواتزين noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Asturian

1 entries
  • hoatzín noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • гоацин noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • хоацин noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Catalan

1 entries
  • hoatzín noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 麝雉 noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Cofán

1 entries
  • shashamba noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Czech

1 entries
  • hoacin noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • hoacino noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)
  • opistokomo noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Finnish

1 entries
  • hoatsin noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

French

2 entries
  • hoazin noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)
  • sassa noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Galician

1 entries
  • hoatzín noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ჰოაცინი noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

German

1 entries
  • Hoatzin noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Greek

2 entries
  • οασίν noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)
  • οατσίν noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Guanano

1 entries
  • dia tjʉ̃tʉ noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Guianese Creole

1 entries
  • sassa noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • búbostyúk noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)
  • hoacin noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Italian

1 entries
  • hoatzin noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ホアチン noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಹೋಟ್ಜೆನ್ noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • гоацин noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Korean

1 entries
  • 호아친 noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • hoacinas noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • хоаци́н noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഹോറ്റ്സിൻ noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Navajo

1 entries
  • tsídiiłchxoní noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Polish

2 entries
  • hoacyn noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)
  • kośnik czubaty noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • cigana noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Quechua

2 entries
  • shanshu noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)
  • shasha noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Russian

1 entries
  • гоаци́н noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • hoàcīn noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)
  • хоа̀цӣн noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hoacín noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Slovene

1 entries
  • hoacin noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Spanish

4 entries
  • chenchena noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)
  • guacharaca de agua noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)
  • hoacín noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)
  • hoatzín noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • гоацин noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Welsh

1 entries
  • hoatsin noun (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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Hoatzins are large birds — at about twenty-six inches from head to tail, they are much larger than Archaeopteryx — with a yellowish chest, brown striped back, and a long narrow tail (Figure 53). Hoatzins are unusual in several ways, one of which is that hatchling hoatzins have claws on their wings. Although some other birds have vestigial wing claws, the hoatzin is the only species known to have functional wing or hand claws.

Source: wiktionary

The hoatzin is a very colorful bird with a blue head, a tuft of feathers standing up on the head, and an orange iris in the eye.

Source: wiktionary

Unique among riverine bird species, the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoatzin) is found along slow meandering streams and oxbows within the Amazon and Orinoco basins (Plate 12-43). Hoatzins resemble chickens in size and shape.

Source: wiktionary

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