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Webster 1913 Edition
Pauxi
‖
Paux′i
,Noun.
[From the native name: cf. Sp.
pauji
.] (Zool.)
A curassow (
Ourax pauxi
), which, in South America, is often domesticated. Definition 2024
Pauxi
Pauxi
See also: pauxi
Translingual
Proper noun
Pauxi ?
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cracidae – the helmeted curassows.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Galliformes - order; Craci - suborder; Cracidae - family; Cracinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pauxi pauxi (helmeted curassow or northern helmeted curassow), Pauxi unicornis (horned curassow), Pauxi koepckeae (Sira curassow) - species
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276