Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the crested screamer, Chauna chavaria. Also
chaha .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The crested screamer of Brazil (
Palamedea chavaria syn.Chauna chavaria ), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called alsochauna , andfaithful kamichi . It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. Seekamichi .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun largest crested screamer; native to southern Brazil and Argentina
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The beautifully coloured and almost transparently winged golden moorhen covers every stretch of water inland, and the "chaja" or wild turkey, one of the most useless birds in the Chaco, and quite uneatable, sends forth his dismal cry "chaja."
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