chachalaca
A chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda)
Meaning
Noun
- Any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis, limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans.
Origin
- Late 19th century. From South American Spanish chachalaca, from Classical Nahuatl chachalacani ("tattler, gossiper"), from chāchalāni.
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