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Definition: Crax alector
Curassow
\Cu*ras"sow\ (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.]
(Zool.)
A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera
Crax,
Ourax, etc., of the family
Cracid[ae].
[1913 Webster]
Note: The crested curassow (
Crax alector) is black, and
about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile
crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to
Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird (
Ourax Pauxi
) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow,
blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.
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