curassow

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

curassow
    n 1: large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the
         Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as
         game and food

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Curassow \Cu*ras"sow\ (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.]
   (Zool.)
   A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera {Crax},
   {Ourax}, etc., of the family {Cracid[ae]}.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The crested curassow ({Crax alector}) is black, and
         about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile
         crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to
         Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird ({Ourax
         Pauxi}) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow,
         blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.
         [1913 Webster]