Cracidae

plural noun

Crac·​i·​dae

krasəˌdē

: a family of gallinaceous birds of the warmer parts of America that comprises the curassows, guans, and chachalacas and is related to the megapodes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Crac-, Crax, type genus + -idae

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