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hoatzin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwætsiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwætsɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈwɑːtsiːn/ (General-American)
• /ˈwɑːtsɪn/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Nahuatl huāctzin (which probably designated a different bird).

Meanings

1. A bird of the species Opisthocomus hoazin of the order Opisthocomiformes, with claws on the wing fingers of the juvenile and an enlarged crop used as a rumen.
   • The hoatzin is a very colorful bird with a blue head, a tuft of feathers standing up on the head, and an orange iris in the eye. 2006, Buddy Davis, Kay Davis, Breathtaking Birds, page 41:
   • Unique among riverine bird species, the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoatzin) is found along slow meandering streams and oxbows within the Amazon and Orinoco basins (Plate 12-43). Hoatzins resemble chickens in size and shape. 2011, John Kricher, Tropical Ecology, page 460:
   • Hoatzins are large birds — at about twenty-six inches from head to tail, they are much larger than Archaeopteryx — with a yellowish chest, brown striped back, and a long narrow tail (Figure 53). Hoatzins are unusual in several ways, one of which is that hatchling hoatzins have claws on their wings. Although some other birds have vestigial wing claws, the hoatzin is the only species known to have functional wing or hand claws. 1999, Pat Shipman, Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight, page 196:

Forms

Synonyms

stinkbird (Opisthocomus hoazin)

Translations (49)

cmn 麝雉 (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · hu hoacin (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · el οασίν (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · pt cigana (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · lt hoacinas (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · ru гоаци́н (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · fr hoazin (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · es hoacín (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · es pava hedionda (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · fr sassa (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · fi hoatsin (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · gcr sassa (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · eo opistokomo (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · ml ഹോറ്റ്സിൻ (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · kn ಹೋಟ್ಜೆನ್ (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · el οατσίν (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · con shashamba (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · hu búbostyúk (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · ja ツメバケイ (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · de Hoatzin (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · ca hoatzín (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · sl hoacin (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · cs hoacin (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · cy hoatsin (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · ba гоацин (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · es shansho (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · qu shasha (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · ar هواتزين (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · ast hoatzín (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · es hoatzín (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · ko 호아친 (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · bg хоацин (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · es guacharaca de agua (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · nv tsídiiłchxoní (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · it hoatzin (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · pl kośnik czubaty (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · uk гоацин (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · gl hoatzín (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · eo hoacino (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · pl hoacyn (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · kk гоацин (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · sh hoàcīn (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · ka ჰოაცინი (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · sk hoacín (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · mk хоаци́н (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · qu shanshu (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · sh хоа̀цӣн (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · gvc dia tjʉ̃tʉ (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin) · es chenchena (bird, Opisthocomus hoazin)