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guans

guans is the plural of guan.

Meaning of guan

Noun

guan (plural guans)

  1. 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.
    • The 'true' (Penelope) guans also occur at a range of altitudes but like most species of cracids, are mostly restricted to forest, both montane and lowland. Piping-guans (Pipile) are primarily lowland species, whereas numerous monospecific (single-species genus) taxa of guans (i.e. Aburria...2000, Daniel M. Brooks, Stuart D. Strahl, Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas: With Spanish and Portuguese Translations, page 8

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Proper noun capitalized: Guans

Guans

  1. (plural) plural of Guan

Phrases with guans

Questions about guans

What is guans the plural of?
Guans is the plural of guan.
What part of speech is guans?
Guans is a proper noun.

Words near guans in the dictionary

  1. guanotrophication
  2. guanotrophy
  3. guanoxabenz
  4. guanoxan
  5. guanoxyfen
  6. guans
  7. Guanshan
  8. Guanshanhu
  9. Guansi
  10. Guantanamo
  11. Guantanamo Bay

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