guan

/gwɑn/
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Other forms: guans

Definitions of guan
  1. noun
    any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food
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    types:
    piping guan
    a kind of guan
    type of:
    gallinacean, gallinaceous bird
    heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
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