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单词 hoactzin
释义

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ho•ac•tzin  (hō aktsin, wäktsin),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdshoatzin.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ho•at•zin  (hō atsin, wätsin),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsa blue-faced, crested bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, of the Amazon and Orinoco forests, having as a nestling a large, temporary claw on the second and third digits of the forelimb, for climbing among the tree branches.
Also, hoactzin. 
  • Nahuatl huāctzīn, huāhtzīn name for several hen-sized birds of the Valley of Mexico, apparently applied indiscriminately by early naturalists to similar New World birds 1655–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hoatzin /həʊˈætsɪn/, hoactzin n
  1. a unique South American gallinaceous bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, with a brownish plumage, a very small crested head, and clawed wing digits in the young: family Opisthocomidae
Etymology: 17th Century: from American Spanish, from Nahuatl uatzin pheasant
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