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Definition of Guacharo
1. Noun. Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter.
Generic synonyms: Caprimulgiform Bird
Group relationships: Genus Steatornis, Steatornis
Definition of Guacharo
1. n. A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.
Definition of Guacharo
1. Noun. A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (''Steatornis caripensis'', or ''S. steatornis''); the oilbird. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Guacharo
1. a tropical bird [n -ROS or -ROES]
Medical Definition of Guacharo
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Guacharo
Literary usage of Guacharo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The travels and researches of Alexander von Humboldt by Alexander von Humboldt, William Macgillivray (1857)
"Convent of Caripe—Cave of guacharo, inhabited by Nocturnal Birds—Purgatory—Forest
Scenery—-Howling Monkeys—Vera Cruz — Cariaco — Intermittent Fevers ..."
2. A Treatise on Mathematical and Physical Geography by John Lee Comstock (1837)
"Cavern of guacharo.—Humboldt has given a curious and interesting account, of a
great Cavern in Cumana, in South America, called the Cave of guacharo. ..."
3. My Colonial Service in British Guiana, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Fiji, Australia by George William Des Vœux (1903)
"... CMG—Misappropriation of revenue fines—First West Indian mango- steens—Speech
on railway extension—Isle of Monos—Fish-eating bats— A guacharo cave—Visit ..."
4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"Armed with poles, they ransack Once a year, near midsummer, the guacharo cavern
is the greater part of the nests, while the old birds hover over the heads ..."
5. Encyclopedia of Natural and Artificial Wonders and Curiosities: Including a by John Platts (1876)
"Speaking of the celebrated Grotto of guacharo, in the mountains of Bergantin,
... The grotto of guacharo is, in the opinion of the Indians, a place of trial ..."
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