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Meaning of GUAN

Pronunciation:  gwân

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food
 
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 See Also: Cracidae, family Cracidae, gallinaceon, gallinaceous bird, piping guan

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Guan\ (gw[aum]n), n. ((Zo["o]l.)
Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of
Central and South America, belonging to {Penelope}, {Pipile},
{Ortalis}, and allied genera. Several of the species are
often domesticated.
 

 

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