hoatzin

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈwætsɪn/|/ˈwætsiːn/    美 /ˈwɑːtsɪn/|/ˈwɑːtsiːn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
    — 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.

词形变化

hoatzins plural hoactzin alternative hoazin alternative

词源

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