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guacharo

(n): nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter
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4 months ago reesetee said:

The more, the merrier! Though I think I do have it listed under oilbird. :-)

4 months ago chained_bear said:

Oh my god, another bird word I found before reesetee listed it!

"Eduardo spoke with great eagerness of the guacharo, a very singular bird he had discovered in a vast cavern near Cajamarca in the Andes..."
--O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 177

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