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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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
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