guan

A black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor)

Meaning

Noun

  • Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas.

Origin

  • From American Spanish, from Kuna kwama.

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