"chachalaca" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chachalacas [plural]
Etymology: Late 19th century. From South American Spanish chachalaca, from Classical Nahuatl chachalacani (“tattler, gossiper”), from chāchalāni (“to make a hubbub, create an uproar”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|chachalaca}} Spanish chachalaca, {{der|en|nci|chachalacani||tattler, gossiper}} Classical Nahuatl chachalacani (“tattler, gossiper”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chachalaca (plural chachalacas)
  1. Any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis, limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans. Wikipedia link: Ortalis Categories (lifeform): Fowls Translations (bird of the genus Ortalis): kaklattaja (Finnish), aracuã [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-chachalaca-en-noun-iS2BJks3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 76 1 18 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 1 24 1 3 Derived forms: buff-browed chachalaca, Ortalis superciliaris, Chaco chachalaca, Ortalis canicollis, chestnut-winged chachalaca, Ortalis garrula, Colombian chachalaca, Ortalis columbiana (english: subspecies of speckled chachalaca), grey-headed chachalaca, Ortalis cinereiceps, little chachalaca, Ortalis motmot, plain chachalaca, Ortalis vetula, rufous-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis wagleri, rufous-headed chachalaca, Ortalis erythroptera, rufous-vented chachalaca, Ortalis ruficauda, speckled chachalaca, chestnut-headed chachalaca, East Brazilian chachalaca, scaled chachalaca, Ortalis guttata, West Mexican chachalaca, Ortalis poliocephala, white-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis leucogastra

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