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  1. 1. n. A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer. Source: opted
  2. 2. A curious South American bird (Anhima, or Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer. Source: webster
  3. 3. A curious South American bird (Anhima, or Palamedea, cornuta),often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which itdefends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlikeornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although itsbeak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it isrelated in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres).Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also tothe chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer. Source: adambom

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