Noun: guan gwaan
- 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
"We spotted a guan perched high in the rainforest canopy"
Derived forms: guans
Type of: gallinacean, gallinaceous bird
Part of: Cracidae, family Cracidae
Encyclopedia: Guan