hoatzin

Meaning of hoatzin

noun

a large tree-dwelling tropical American bird with weak flight. Young hoatzins have hooked claws on their wings, enabling them to climb about among the branches.

mid 17th century: from American Spanish, from Nahuatl uatzin, probably imitative of its call.

Information about hoatzin

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of hoatzin is: hoatzins.
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Hyphenation of hoatzin

hoatzin

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • hoatzin is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

hoatzin synonyms

Meaning hoactzin:

hoactzin, stinkbird

Anagrams of hoatzin

thiazon

Words that rhyme with hoatzin

hoactzin, rebbetzin, Gallitzin

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