chachalaca

[医]喳喳雉

发音

US /ˌt͡ʃɑ.t͡ʃəˈlɑ.kə/

词形变化

chachalacas 复数 chachalacas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis, limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

gallinacean

词源

Late 19th century. From South American Spanish chachalaca, from Classical Nahuatl chachalacani (“tattler, gossiper”), from chāchalāni (“to make a hubbub, create an uproar”).

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