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curassow

/kjʊərəˌsəʊ/

curassow noun: any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi, and Crax of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.

curassow: any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi, and Crax of the Cracidae...
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Noun

curassow (plural curassows)

  1. Any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi, and Crax of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.

curassow meaning in Tamil

curassow in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Forms of curassow

pluralcurassows

Origin of curassow

Related to Curaçao.

Words formed from curassow

Questions about curassow

What does curassow mean?
Curassow means any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi, and Crax of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.
What is curassow in Tamil?
Curassow in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Curassow meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is curassow?
Curassow is a noun.
How do you pronounce curassow?
Curassow is pronounced /kjʊərəˌsəʊ/.
What is the plural of curassow?
The plural of curassow is curassows.

Words near curassow in the dictionary

  1. curarize
  2. curarized
  3. curarizes
  4. curarizing
  5. Curas
  6. curassow
  7. curassows
  8. curat
  9. curatability
  10. curatable
  11. curatage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curassow (page history and authors); curassow (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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