HyperDic: chachalaca

English > 1 sense of the word chachalaca:
NOUNanimalchachalacaslender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey
English > chachalaca: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningslender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds.
Member ofOrtalis, genus Ortalischachalacas
NarrowerTexas chachalaca, Ortilis vetula macalliOf Mexico and Texas
Broadergallinaceous bird, gallinaceanHeavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
Spanishchachalaca
Catalanchachalaca, txatxalaca

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