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Cracidae

noun

curassows; guans; chachalacas

• Syn: ↑family Cracidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Galliformes, ↑order Galliformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑guan, ↑Crax, ↑genus Crax, ↑Penelope, ↑genus Penelope, ↑Pipile, ↑genus Pipile, ↑Ortalis, ↑genus Ortalis

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\\krasəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Crac-, Crax, type genus + -idae

: a family of gallinaceous birds of the warmer parts of America that comprises the curassows, guans, and chachalacas and is related to the megapodes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.