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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: guacharo
guacharo
n : nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty
young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter
[syn:
oilbird,
Steatornis caripensis]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Guacharo
Guacharo
\Gua*cha"ro\, n. [Cf. Sp. gu['a]charo sickly,
dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird.] (Zo["o]l.)
A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (
Steatornis Caripensis
, or
S. steatornis); -- called also
oilbird.
[1913 Webster]
Note: It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds
on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in
place of butter, is extracted from the young by the
natives.
[1913 Webster]
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