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guacharo

English edit

Etymology edit

Compare Spanish guácharo (“sickly, dropsical”), guacharaca (“a sort of bird”).

Noun edit

guacharo (plural guacharos or guacharoes)

  1. (dated) the oilbird (A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis caripensis)

References edit

“guacharo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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