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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOATZIN

From American Spanish, from Nahuatl uatzin pheasant.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOATZIN

hoatzin  [həʊˈætsɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOATZIN

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Hoatzin 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 HOATZIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hoatzin

Hoatzin

The Hoatzin, also known as the Stinkbird, or Canje Pheasant, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forest and mangrove of the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America. It is notable for having chicks that possess claws on two of their wing digits. It is the only member of the genus Opisthocomus, which in turn is the only extant genus in the family Opisthocomidae. The taxonomic position of this family has been greatly debated, and is still far from clear.

Definition of hoatzin in the English dictionary

The definition of hoatzin in the dictionary is a unique South American gallinaceous bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, with a brownish plumage, a very small crested head, and clawed wing digits in the young: family Opisthocomidae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOATZIN


angiotensin
ˌændʒɪəˈtɛnsɪn
assassin
əˈsæsɪn
Banjarmasin
ˌbændʒəˈmɑːsɪn
ciprofloxacin
ˌsɪprəʊˈflɒksəsɪn
erythromycin
ɪˌrɪθrəʊˈmaɪsɪn
hoactzin
həʊˈæktsɪn
hoisin
ˌhɔɪˈsɪn
kanamycin
ˌkænəˈmaɪsɪn
khamsin
ˈkæmsɪn
medicine
ˈmɛdɪsɪn
moccasin
ˈmɒkəsɪn
niacin
ˈnaɪəsɪn
sin
sɪn
Solzhenitsyn
ˌsɒlʒəˈnɪtsɪn
streptomycin
ˌstrɛptəʊˈmaɪsɪn
Tientsin
ˈtjɛnˈtsɪn
toxin
ˈtɒksɪn
Wisconsin
wɪsˈkɒnsɪn
Wutsin
ˈwuːˈtsɪn
Yeltsin
ˈjɛltsɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOATZIN

hoarfrost
hoarhead
hoarhound
hoarier
hoariest
hoarily
hoariness
hoarse
hoarsely
hoarsen
hoarseness
hoary
hoary cress
hoary marmot
hoary redpoll
hoast
hoastman
hoatching
hoax
hoaxer

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOATZIN

benzin
couzin
diazin
disseizin
muezzin
phlorizin
rebbetzin
sarrazin
seizin
sozin
triazin

Synonyms and antonyms of hoatzin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hoatzin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOATZIN

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

Translator English - Chinese

麝雉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hoatzin
570 millions of speakers

English

hoatzin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hoatzin
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

hoatzin
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hoatzin
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hoatzin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hoatzin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hoatzin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hoatzin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hoatzin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ツメバケイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hoatzin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hoatzin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hoatzin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hoatzin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होत्झिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hoatzin´de
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hoatzin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hoatzin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hoatzin
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hoatzin
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

hoatzin
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

hoatzin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hoatzin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hoatzin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hoatzin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOATZIN»

The term «hoatzin» is normally little used and occupies the 126.307 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOATZIN» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOATZIN»

Discover the use of hoatzin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hoatzin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hoatzin to auks
This is the 3rd of 12 volumes in a series of handbooks on the world of birds, from Hoatzin to auks. The introductory chapter deals with such diverse aspects as evolutionary history, anatomy, physiology, migration and systematics
Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal, 1996
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Breathtaking Birds
he hoatzin bird lives in the dense rain forests along streams and rivers in South America. 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. The upper parts of the ...
Buddy Davis, Kay Davis, 2006
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Inner Bird: Anatomy and Evolution, The
The subclass of ball-shouldered birds disappeared with the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous, but their fossil skeletons echo strongly in the modern South American Hoatzin. The name “Hoatzin” has been attached to the word “enigma” so ...
Gary W. Kaiser, 2010
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Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight
Although some other birds have vestigial wing claws, the hoatzin is the only species known to have functional wing or hand claws. This feature has made hoatzins difficult to classify. Traditionally, they have been grouped in the order ...
Pat Shipman, 1999
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A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, ...
Flycatchers are conspicuous, and various species of swifts and swallows skim above the water pursuing insects. Many remarkable Neotropical birds tenant streamsides and riverine habitats. HOATZIN Perhaps most unique among riverine bird ...
John C. Kricher, 1999
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Venezuela: The Bradt Travel Guide
The unmistakeable hoatzin or chenchena (Opisthocomus hoazin) is a large, portly bird about the size of a turkey. Its head bears a prominent scruffy Mohican crest. Large blue eye-rings of bare skin add to its comic appearance. They are poor ...
Russell Maddicks, 2011
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Gastrointestinal Microbiology
The remaining functions proposed for gut microbes generally refer to their activity in one specific organ of the bird — the expanded crop of the hoatzin, or the ceca and colon of others. Aside from the hoatzin, some preprocessing of food may ...
Roderick Mackie, Bryan White, Richard E. Isaacson, 1997
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Bradt Travel Guide the Amazon: The Bradt Travel Guide
Hoatzin The unmistakeable hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) or shansho (Peru; pava hedionda in Colombia) is a robust, portly bird about the size of a pheasant. Its head bears a prominent scruffy 'mohican' crest. Large blue eye-rings of bare ...
Roger Harris, Peter Hutchison, 2007
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CCSS RI.3.4 Word Meaning: Aligns to CCSS RI.3.4: Determine ...
It is a strange jungle bird, the hoatzin. The hoatzin lives near rivers in South America. it is not like any other bird! A baby hoatzin has claws on the ends of its wings. It can crawl up and down a tree trunk to get to its nest. Sometimes a baby bird ...
‎2014
10
CCSS RI.4.2 Main Idea: Aligns to CCSS RI.4.2: Determine the ...
It is a strange jungle bird, the hoatzin. The hoatzin lives near rivers in South America. it is not like any other bird! A baby hoatzin has claws on the ends of its wings. It can crawl up and down a tree trunk to get to its nest. Sometimes a baby bird ...
‎2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOATZIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hoatzin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why Indigenous People Are Resisting Conservation Efforts in the …
This was a hoatzin, famously called the stinkbird because its herbivorous diet endows its droppings with a barnyard stench. * * *. According to ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
2
Can we bring dinosaurs back to life?
A primitive living bird, the Hoatzin, still has fingers on its wings like a dinosaur's hand. Flickr/Carine06, CC BY-SA. Yet one primitive living bird, ... «BusinessTech, May 15»
3
Why Jurassic World could never work
Yet one primitive living bird, the Hoatzin, retains its digits exposed outside the wing, a condition not far removed from a dinosaur's hand. «Phys.Org, Apr 15»
4
The Bird Family Tree Gets a Makeover
... have been birds that lived along the coastline. Chickens share the most DNA with the first bird ancestor, closely followed by hoatzin and emu. «Scientific American, Mar 15»
5
Sweden changes racist bird names
“Zigenarfågel”, a bird from the Amazon and Orinco river basins, will be renamed Hoatzin (an English word already used to describe a breed of ... «The Independent, Feb 15»
6
'Racist' bird names banned by Sweden
"Zigenarfågel" which translates as "gypsy bird" will take the name "hoatzin", the English word already used to describe a type of tropical ... «The Local.se, Feb 15»
7
Songbirds Carry on Dinosaurs' Predatory Legacy
Their new placement on the avian tree before the highly migratory cranes and shorebirds is amusing, as hoatzin flop more than they fly. «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
8
How Do I Research My Guyanese Heritage?
The hoatzin, the national bird of Guyana. Warren H./Wikimedia Commons. Dear Professor Gates: I am a first-generation American, and my ... «The Root, Dec 14»
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NMSU researchers collaborate on massive bird genome study
... NMSU master's student in biology who graduated in May 2014, sequenced the DNA of the South American hoatzin, a bird with clawed wings. «Las Cruces Sun-News, Dec 14»
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'Chickenosaurus': paleontologist aims to re-create the dinosaur in …
Sandhill cranes have been largely unchanged for about 10 million years. The chicks of a bird called a hoatzin have dinosaur-like claws on their ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 14»

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