guann.

Brit.

/ɡwɑːn/, U.S.

/ɡwɑn/

Forms: Also 1700s quan, 1800s guam.

Etymology: probably < a Central American Indian or South American Indian language.

One of a family or subfamily ( Pelopinæ, Newton) of gallinaceous birds of South America, allied to the curassows.

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1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 13 The Quan or Guan, so called in the West Indies..is a little bigger than a common Hen.

1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 228 He fired at three guams, each as large as a turkey-cock.

1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xxiv. 444 Large birds, a guan (pava de monte) for instance, or a curassao (alector), when wounded in the thigh, die in two or three minutes.

1895 C. Dixon in Fortn. Rev. Apr. 645 The Cracidæ or curassows and guans, with fifty-three species.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	guan
释义	guann. Brit. /ɡwɑːn/, U.S. /ɡwɑn/ Forms: Also 1700s quan, 1800s guam. Etymology: probably < a Central American Indian or South American Indian language. One of a family or subfamily ( Pelopinæ, Newton) of gallinaceous birds of South America, allied to the curassows. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > family Cracidae > member of genus Penelope (guan) guan1743 marudi1769 Penelope1811 jacu1824 piping guan1951 1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 13 The Quan or Guan, so called in the West Indies..is a little bigger than a common Hen. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 228 He fired at three guams, each as large as a turkey-cock. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xxiv. 444 Large birds, a guan (pava de monte) for instance, or a curassao (alector), when wounded in the thigh, die in two or three minutes. 1895 C. Dixon in Fortn. Rev. Apr. 645 The Cracidæ or curassows and guans, with fifty-three species. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1743
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