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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The only known genus of Opisthocomidæ. There is but one species. O. hoactzin or O. cristatus, of South America. See hoactzin. Also called Orthocorys and Sasa.

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  • noun type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins

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