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Definition of Hoatzins
1. hoatzin [n] - See also: hoatzin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoatzins
Literary usage of Hoatzins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jungle Peace by William Beebe (1918)
"<V .» ^% hoatzins AT HOME THE flight of the hoatzin resembles that of an L over-fed
hen. ... hoatzins ..."
2. Our Search for a Wilderness: An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to by Blair Niles, William Beebe (1910)
"At the time of our arrival the hoatzins had just begun to nest. ... The latter
were usually low over the water, while the hoatzins' were higher, ..."
3. The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1917)
"... the bones of the wing, fitting them for clinging to trees, it is argued,
through analogy to the tree-clinging habits of existing young hoatzins of South ..."
4. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1897)
"Besides these aquatic birds, there were an incredible number of hoatzins, Pigeons,
and smaller birds of different kinds, while the Howlers and ..."
5. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1917)
"... specimens, materials, photographs, and paintings were assembled and brought
north for two large groups, one of red howler monkeys and one of hoatzins. ..."
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