'Guacharo' definitions:
Definition of 'guacharo'
(from WordNet)
noun
Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter [syn: oilbird, guacharo, Steatornis caripensis]
Definition of 'Guacharo'
From: GCIDE
- Guacharo \Gua*cha"ro\, n. [Cf. Sp. gu['a]charo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird.] (Zool.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad ({Steatornis Caripensis}, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird. [1913 Webster]
- Note: It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted from the young by the natives. [1913 Webster]