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Definition of Guans
1. guan [n] - See also: guan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guans
Literary usage of Guans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"A sub-species which differs slightly in plumage and not at all in nesting habits
or eggs from the common Wild Turkey. CURASSOWS AND guans. ..."
2. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"A sub-species which differs slightly in plumage and not at all in nesting habits
or eggs from the common Wild Turkey. CURASSOWS AND guans. ..."
3. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... guans, and the Hoatzin—Of Bonaparte's Gull —Classification of "Open" nests—Nests
of the Albatrosses—Of the Herons and Bitterns—Of the Spoonbills and ..."
4. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1860)
"Less is generally known respecting guans, (a figure of which adorns the head of
this article,) as far as their propagation under human sway is concerned, ..."