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Crax (gcide) | Crax \Crax\ (kr[a^]ks), n.
the type genus of the Cracidae; curassows.
Syn: genus Crax.
[WordNet 1.5] |
crax (wn) | Crax
n 1: type genus of the Cracidae: curassows [syn: Crax, {genus
Crax}] |
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Crax alector (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] |
crax (wn) | Crax
n 1: type genus of the Cracidae: curassows [syn: Crax, {genus
Crax}] |
genus crax (wn) | genus Crax
n 1: type genus of the Cracidae: curassows [syn: Crax, {genus
Crax}] |
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