opisthocomus cristatus

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opisthocomus cristatus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hoazin \Hoa"zin\, n. (Zool.)
     A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus);
     the crested touraco. By some Zoologists it is made the type
     of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).
     [1913 Webster]