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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CURASSOW

Anglicized variant of Curaçao (island).
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PRONUNCIATION OF CURASSOW

curassow  [ˈkjʊərəˌsəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CURASSOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Curassow is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CURASSOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

curassow

Curassow

Curassows are one of the three major groups of cracid birds. Three of the four genera are restricted to tropical South America; a single species of Crax ranges north to Mexico. They form a distinct clade which is usually classified as the subfamily Cracinae. ▪ Genus Nothocrax ▪ Nocturnal Curassow, Nothocrax urumutumGenus Mitu ▪ Crestless Curassow, Mitu tomentosum ▪ Alagoas Curassow, Mitu mitu - extinct in the wild ▪ Salvin's Curassow, Mitu salvini ▪ Razor-billed Curassow, Mitu tuberosumGenus Pauxi – Helmeted curassows ▪ Helmeted Curassow, or Northern Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi ▪ Horned Curassow or Southern Helmeted Curassow, Pauxi unicornis ▪ Sira Curassow, Pauxi koepckeaeGenus Crax ▪ Great Curassow, Crax rubra ▪ Blue-billed Curassow, Crax alberti ▪ Yellow-knobbed Curassow, Crax daubentoni ▪ Wattled Curassow, Crax globulosa ▪ Red-billed Curassow Crax blumenbachii ▪ Bare-faced Curassow, Crax fasciolata ▪ Black Curassow, Crax alector...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CURASSOW


also
ˈɔːlsəʊ
Arezzo
əˈrɛtsəʊ
Aso
ˈɑːsəʊ
basso
ˈbæsəʊ
Burkina-Faso
bɜːˈkiːnəˈfæsəʊ
CORSO
ˈkɔːsəʊ
espresso
ɛˈsprɛsəʊ
exo
ˈɛksəʊ
expresso
ɪkˈsprɛsəʊ
leasow
ˈliːˌsəʊ
mezzo
ˈmɛtsəʊ
oversew
ˈəʊvəˌsəʊ
palazzo
pəˈlætsəʊ
peso
ˈpeɪsəʊ
Picasso
pɪˈkæsəʊ
sew
səʊ
so
səʊ
Tissot
ˈtɪsəʊ
verso
ˈvɜːsəʊ
whereso
ˈwɛəˌsəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CURASSOW

curagh
curandera
curandero
curare
curari
curarine
curarisation
curarise
curarization
curarize
curat
curate
curate-in-charge
curate´s egg
curate´s-eggish
curateship
curative
curatively
curativeness
curator

WORDS THAT END LIKE CURASSOW

allow
arrow
below
blow
bow
cash flow
don´t know
fellow
flow
follow
grow
hollow
how
in a row
know
know-how
low
oversow
resow
sow

Synonyms and antonyms of curassow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «curassow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CURASSOW

Find out the translation of curassow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of curassow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «curassow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大鸟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paujil
570 millions of speakers

English

curassow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

curassow
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

curassow
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Curassow
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mutum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

curarization
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mutum
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengkelasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

curassow
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホウカンチョウ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

curassow
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Curarization
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

curassow
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

curarization
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिज्ञासूपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kürarizasyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

curassow
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Czubacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Curassow
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curassow
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

curassow
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

powisi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hocko
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Curassow
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of curassow

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CURASSOW»

The term «curassow» is normally little used and occupies the 126.751 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CURASSOW» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about curassow

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURASSOW»

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The Curassow's Crest: Myths and Symbols in the Ceramics of ...
Association of the heel (or foot) with the head in such a manner may help to account for the positioning of the severed leg as both tail (or tail end) and headcrest (or head end) in Panamanian depictions of the curassow and as part of the head- ...
Mary W. Helms, 2000
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A Guide to the Birds of Colombia
SALVIN'S CURASSOW Craxsalvmi Pl. VIII, Map 158 Identification: 35" (89cm). Weil-developed crest usually carried depressed. Legs and bill reddish orange; upper mandible deep, compressed, and strongly arched. Mainly black; mantle and ...
Steven L. Hilty, Bill Brown, 1986
3
Cracidae: Horned Guan, Highland Guan, Nocturnal Curassow
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
LLC Books, 2010
4
Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide
Like the Jaguar and White-lipped Peccary, the Great Curassow is an indicator of undisturbed tropical forests. It is eagerly hunted by settlers as roads are built into primary forests. Unlike chachalacas and guans, which spend most of their time ...
Carrol L. Henderson, 2010
5
Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy
In the northern-helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi) the trachea extends under the skin, overlays the abdomen, then curves back around and up and enters the thoracic inlet.3 Some curassow species have a feathered crest on the top of the head ...
Murray E. Fowler, R. Eric Miller, 2007
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Facing Extinction: The World's Rarest Birds and the Race to ...
Alagoas Curassow, pictured with one of its saviours, Roberto Azeredo; the species is now listed as Extinct in the Wild, but were it notfor the efforts ofprivate aviculturists, the species would be lostforever (João Marcos Rosa). the speculation that ...
Paul Donald, Nigel Collar, Stuart Marsden, 2013
7
Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World
A specimen is in the Smithsonian (USNM #553798). Sarvella 1971†. Coturnix pectoralis [Stubble Quail] See: Coturnix coromandelica. Crax sp. × Craxfasciolata [Bare-faced Curassow] NHR (Bolivia). Two taxa, Crax estudilloi (Estudillo's ...
Department of Genetics University of Georgia Eugene M. McCarthy Post Doctoral Researcher, Athens, 2006
8
Animal Investigators: How the World's First Wildlife ...
The innermost ring of tiny, half-inch black feathers had a steely blue iridescence, fine fringe, and fan-shaped profile. That suggested they were body feathers from the back of a large-bodied bird such as a curassow. While numerous curassow ...
Laurel A. Neme, 2009
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The World's Rarest Birds
POPULATION: 1,000–2,499 THREATS: HUN, AGR, EGY, LOG The nominate subspecies ofthis curassow occurs on the north- eastern slopes ofthe East Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, and in three mountain ranges in Falcón, northern ...
Erik Hirschfeld, Andy Swash, Robert Still, 2013
10
A Checklist of the World's Bird Species
... plancus Southern Caracara Crax alberti Blue-knobbed Curassow Milvago chimachima Yellow-headed Caracara Crax alector Black Curassow Milvago chimango Chimango Caracara Crax blumenbachii Red-billed Curassow Forest Falcons ...
David Boyd, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CURASSOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term curassow is used in the context of the following news items.
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New breeding program to reintroduce Whitetail Deer
... successfully breed the deer on the property because they have successfully reproduced other species such as the curassow and ocellated ... «Riviera Maya News, Jun 15»
2
Mass dolphin stranding in Japan triggers earthquake fears
They found that animals in Peru - such as pumas and razor-billed curassow birds - ran for cover days before the event. Researchers believe ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
3
Swing by Brookfield, Lincoln Park to see what's new at the zoos
... to South American birds including the bright colored cock-of-the-rock and taningers, and a pair of blue-billed curassow, a turkey-sized animal ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Apr 15»
4
Animals Are Still the Best Earthquake Warning System We've Got
Razor-billed curassow (Mitu tuberosum) as seen in Peru's Yanachaga National Park. Prior to a magnitude 7.0 quake, these birds vanished from ... «Nature World News, Mar 15»
5
To forestall a mass extinction, fight forest fragmention
With so much global forest in close proximity to humans, larger forest animals such as chimpanzees, gorillas, tapirs or curassow birds are being ... «The Ecologist, Mar 15»
6
Animals CAN predict earthquakes: Scientists film behavioural …
They found that animals in Peru - such as pumas and razor-billed curassow birds - ran for cover days before the event. Researchers believe ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
7
Zoo people choose their magic moments
"We used to have a pair of very cantankerous bare-faced curassow. "Every day would be a keeper versus curassow battle and the curassows ... «Western Morning News, Mar 15»
8
Taylor's Alley Youth Claims Police Abuse
... been brought against members of the department in the wake of a beating a few weeks ago involving a minor of a Curassow Street address. «channel5belize, Feb 15»
9
2 executions in 1 day!
Parham, who previously resided at 16 Curassow Street in Belize City before he relocated to Mahogany Heights, was remanded to prison on ... «Amandala, Dec 14»
10
Gift Books: Nature
Still, pratincoles are identified as sandpipers, and a Mesoamerican great curassow is misidentified as a “frizzle fowl,” or domestic chicken, ... «Wall Street Journal, Nov 14»

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