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GUAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("guan" is a kind of...):
gallinacean; gallinaceous bird (heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guan"):
piping guan (a kind of guan)
Holonyms ("guan" is a member of...):
Cracidae; family Cracidae (curassows; guans; chachalacas)
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