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Definition of Chachalaca
1. Noun. Slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds.
Group relationships: Genus Ortalis, Ortalis
Specialized synonyms: Ortilis Vetula Macalli, Texas Chachalaca
Definition of Chachalaca
1. n. The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula).
Definition of Chachalaca
1. Noun. Any of several cracid birds, of the genus ''Ortalis'', limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chachalaca
Literary usage of Chachalaca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Romantic Weekends in Texas by Mary Lu Abbott (2003)
"(The ^nn at chachalaca 'Bend 20 chachalaca Bend Drive, Los Fresnos, ... It's quiet -
save for the screeching calls of the namesake chachalaca, ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"chachalaca.— To the right of the ranch house in a small ravine at the foot of
the hill ... It was this fruit that the chachalaca seemed to especially like, ..."
3. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1900)
"The Texas Guan, or chachalaca, is a remarkable bird, inhabiting the warm tropical
regions of America. It measures from twenty-two to twenty-four inches in ..."
4. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1910)
"Bird of sacrifice, probably an Ocellated Turkey or a chachalaca, Nuttall 22. 13.
Parrot-like head-dress, Dresden Ila. 14. ' Head of Ocellated Turkey or a ..."
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