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Crax alector
Curassow Cu*ras"sow (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.] (Zool.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracid[ae]. Note: The crested curassow (Crax alector) is black, and about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird (Ourax Pauxi) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow, blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.

Meaning of Crax from wikipedia

- Crax is a genus of cur****ows in the order Galliformes, a clade of large, heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds. They are known from tropical South America...
- The wattled cur****ow (Crax globulosa) is a threatened member of the family Cracidae, the cur****ows, guans, and chachalacas. It is found in remote rainforests...
- The great cur****ow (Crax rubra) is a large, pheasant-like bird from the Neotropical rainforests, its range extending from eastern Mexico, through Central...
- Craxism (Italian: Craxismo) is a political ideology based on the thought of Italian socialist leader Bettino Craxi, who was Prime Minister of Italy during...
- The red-billed cur****ow or red-****bed cur****ow (Crax blumenbachii) is an endangered species of cracid that is endemic to lowland Atlantic Forest in the...
- (cur****ows) Genus Crax Linnaeus 1758 (7 species) Great cur****ow, Crax rubra Linnaeus 1758 Prince Albert's/Blue-billed/****bed cur****ow, Crax alberti Fraser...
- The Belem cur****ow (Crax fasciolata pinima) is a highly endangered subspecies of cur****ow endemic to Brazil. It is known as the Mytunxî in the Tupi language...
- The bare-faced cur****ow (Crax fasciolata) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, cur****ows, etc. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay...
- The blue-billed cur****ow (Crax alberti) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and cur****ows. It is endemic to Colombia....
- four genera are restricted to tropical South America; a single species of Crax ranges north to Mexico. They form a distinct clade which is usually classified...