Found 2 items, similar to Curassow.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: curassow curassow n : large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
English → English (gcide) Definition: Curassow 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. [1913 Webster]