Noun: hoactzin how'akt-sin
- Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings
"The hoactzin's unique wing claws in its young fascinated evolutionary biologists";
- hoatzin, stinkbird, Opisthocomus hoazin
Derived forms: hoactzins
Type of: gallinacean, gallinaceous bird
Part of: genus Opisthocomus, Opisthocomus
Encyclopedia: Hoactzin