guacharo

English

Etymology

Compare Spanish guácharo (“sickly, dropsical”), guacharaca (“a sort of bird”).

Noun

guacharo (plural guacharos or guacharoes)

  1. (dated) the oilbird (A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis caripensis)

References

“guacharo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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