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Definition of Opisthocomus hoazin
1. Noun. Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings.
Exact synonyms: Hoactzin, Hoatzin, Stinkbird
Generic synonyms: Gallinacean, Gallinaceous Bird
Group relationships: Genus Opisthocomus, Opisthocomus
Generic synonyms: Gallinacean, Gallinaceous Bird
Group relationships: Genus Opisthocomus, Opisthocomus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opisthocomus Hoazin
Literary usage of Opisthocomus hoazin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"Respecting the nest of the only known species of Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin),
Mr JJ Quelch writes: "The nests, which are made solely of a slightly concave ..."
2. Ornithological & Other Oddities by Frank Finn (1907)
"... except in the young of the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), which climbs with
its wings as well as its feet, being practically a quadruped in its nestling ..."
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