horned screamer

noun

1. a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of horned screamer¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

Then the improbably loud calls of the horned screamers, goose-like birds with slender bony points on their heads.

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It is sometimes called the horned screamer, from its loud and wild cry.

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