Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A grallatorial bird, Psophiacrepitans, a native of South America, often called the golden-breastedtrumpeter. It is in body of the size of a pheasant; it runs with great speed, but flies poorly, is easily tamed, and becomes as docile and attached to man as a dog. See
Psophiidæ .
Wiktionary
- n. A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; the gold-breasted trumpeter.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the
gold-breasted trumpeter . Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See trumpeter.
Etymologies
- French, from the native name. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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