hoatzin — noun Etymology: ultimately from Nahuatl huāctzin the laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) Date: 1661 a crested large South American bird (Opisthocomos hoazin) with blue facial skin, red eyes, brown plumage marked with white above, and claws … New Collegiate Dictionary
List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas — This is a list of English language words borrowed from indigenous languages of the Americas, either directly or through intermediate European languages such as Spanish or French. † indicates a link to a definition of the word. It does not cover… … Wikipedia
hoatzin — /hoh at sin, waht sin/, n. a blue faced, crested bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, of the Amazon and Orinoco forests, having as a nestling a large, temporary claw on the second and third digits of the forelimb, for climbing among the tree branches. Also … Universalium
hoacin — hoàcīn m <G hoacína> DEFINICIJA zool. ptica (Opisthocomus hoatzin), slična gnjetlu, u jatima prebiva u porječju Amazone; ciganska kukumača, smrdljivi gnjetao ETIMOLOGIJA nahuatl huactzin … Hrvatski jezični portal
hoatzin — ho•at•zin [[t]hoʊˈæt sɪn, ˈwɑt sɪn[/t]] n. orn a slender, crested gallinaceous bird, Opisthocomus hoatzin, of the Amazon and Orinoco basins, with young having a temporary claw on the wing for grasping branches • Etymology: 1655–65; « Nahuatl… … From formal English to slang
