guacharo

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Spanish guácharo (“sickly, dropsical”), guacharaca (“a sort of bird”).

Noun[edit]

guacharo (plural guacharos or guacharoes)

  1. (dated) the oilbird (A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis caripensis)

References[edit]

“guacharo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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