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hoactzin

[hoh-akt-sin, wahkt-sin]
noun
  1. hoatzin.
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Examples from the Web for hoactzin

Historical Examples

  • The hoactzin appears to be about the size of a small pheasant, but is really a much smaller bird.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5

    Various

  • The hoactzin, Opisthocomus, feeds to a great extent upon the leaves of the aroid Montrichardia or Caladium arborescens.

British Dictionary definitions for hoactzin

hoactzin

noun
  1. a variant of hoatzin
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