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Noun: hoactzin  how'akt-sin
  1. Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings
    - hoatzin, stinkbird, Opisthocomus hoazin

Derived forms: hoactzins

Type of: gallinacean, gallinaceous bird

Part of: genus Opisthocomus, Opisthocomus

Encyclopedia: Hoactzin