'Palamedea cornuta' definitions:
Definition of 'Palamedea cornuta'
From: GCIDE
- Kamichi \Ka"mi*chi\, n. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Palamedea cornuta'
From: GCIDE
- Screamer \Scream"er\ (skr[=e]m"[~e]r), n. (Zool.) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Something so remarkable as to provoke a scream, as of joy. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. An exclamation mark. [Printer's Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]