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Definition of guan in English: guannoun ɡwɑːnɡwɑn A large tree-dwelling bird of tropical American rainforests. Family Cracidae (the guan family): several genera, especially Penelope. The guan family also includes curassows and chachalacas Example sentencesExamples - Furthermore, fruits in the forest canopy support a disproportionately high amount of bird biomass, because in general frugivores tend to be very large (e.g. guans, toucans, parrots, pigeons).
- One of the habituated birds I remember best was a piping guan - a chicken-sized bird normally found only in the highest treetops - that chose to nest only two yards from a building under construction.
- Those who prefer altitude can climb the lodge's seven-story, 115-foot canopy tower and stop at each level to observe tanagers, jacamars, guans, and oropendulas in action.
- The mountain guan is an obligate primary-forest bird that has been extirpated from the forest within the last 10 to 20 years.
Origin Late 17th century: via American Spanish from Miskito kwamu. Rhymes Abadan, Abidjan, adhan, Amman, Antoine, Arne, Aswan, Avon, Azerbaijan, Baltistan, Baluchistan, Bantustan, barn, Bhutan, Dagestan, darn, dewan, Farne, Hahn, Hanuman, Hindustan, Huascarán, Iban, Iran, Isfahan, Juan, Kazakhstan, khan, Koran, Kurdistan, Kurgan, Kyrgyzstan, macédoine, Mahon, maidan, Marne, Michoacán, Oman, Pakistan, pan, Pathan, Qumran, Rajasthan, Shan, Siân, Sichuan, skarn, soutane, Sudan, Tai'an, t'ai chi ch'uan, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Taklimakan, tarn, Tatarstan, Tehran, Tenochtitlán, Turkestan, Turkmenistan, tzigane, Uzbekistan, Vientiane, yarn, Yinchuan, yuan, Yucatán Definition of guan in US English: guannounɡwänɡwɑn A large tree-dwelling bird of tropical American rainforests. Family Cracidae (the guan family): several genera, especially Penelope. The guan family also includes curassows and chachalacas Example sentencesExamples - One of the habituated birds I remember best was a piping guan - a chicken-sized bird normally found only in the highest treetops - that chose to nest only two yards from a building under construction.
- Furthermore, fruits in the forest canopy support a disproportionately high amount of bird biomass, because in general frugivores tend to be very large (e.g. guans, toucans, parrots, pigeons).
- Those who prefer altitude can climb the lodge's seven-story, 115-foot canopy tower and stop at each level to observe tanagers, jacamars, guans, and oropendulas in action.
- The mountain guan is an obligate primary-forest bird that has been extirpated from the forest within the last 10 to 20 years.
Origin Late 17th century: via American Spanish from Miskito kwamu. |