guacharaca
English edit
Noun edit
guacharaca (plural guacharacas)
- A bird, Ortalis ruficauda.
- Synonyms: cocrico, rufous-vented chachalaca
- (music) A percussion instrument in the form of a partly hollowed tube with ridges carved in its outer surface, played with a wire fork.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Cumanagoto language.
Noun edit
guacharaca f (plural guacharacas)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Murui Huitoto: vatarago
Further reading edit
- “guacharaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014