| curassow | (n) large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food |
| Curassow | n. [ Native name in Brazil. ] (Zool.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera ☞ 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 ] |