'Ourax Pauxi' definitions:
Definition of 'Ourax Pauxi'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Ourax pauxi'
From: GCIDE
- Pauxi \Paux"i\, n. [From the native name: cf. Sp. pauji.] (Zool.) A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is often domesticated. [1913 Webster]