We found 2 definitions of cracidae from 2 different sources.
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cracidae - curassows; guans; chachalacas | ||
family Cracidae | ||
bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
galliformes, order galliformes pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins | ||
guan 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 | ||
crax, genus crax type genus of the Cracidae: curassows | ||
genus penelope, penelope a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds) | ||
genus pipile, pipile genus of large crested guans (the piping guans) |