guan Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food

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Guan noun
Definitions
  1. ((Zoöl.) Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Certal and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated.

Webster 1913