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Pipile

noun

genus of large crested guans (the piping guans)

• Syn: ↑genus Pipile

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cracidae, ↑family Cracidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑piping guan

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\\ˈpipəˌlē\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin pipilare to chirp, freq. of pipare — more at pipe

: a genus of large crested So. American guans comprising the piping guans

Useful english dictionary. 2012.