hoatzin

hoatzin
noun Etymology: ultimately from Nahuatl huāctzin the laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) Date: 1661 a crested large South American bird (Opisthocomos hoazin) with blue facial skin, red eyes, brown plumage marked with white above, and claws on the first and second digits of the wing when young

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  • hoatzin — hoacinai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Opisthocomus angl. hoatzin vok. Hoatzin, m; Zigeunerhuhn, n rus. гоацин, m pranc. hoazin, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – hoacininiai siauresnis terminas – hoacinas …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

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