guacharaca

English

Noun

guacharaca (plural guacharacas)

1. A bird, Ortalis ruficauda.

   Synonyms: cocrico, rufous-vented chachalaca

2. (music) A percussion instrument in the form of a partly hollowed tube with ridges carved in its outer surface, played with a wire fork.

Spanish

Etymology

From Cumanagoto language.

Noun

guacharaca f (plural guacharacas)

1. any bird of the genus Ortalis

   Synonym: chacalaca

Derived terms

• guacharaca de agua

 

Descendants

• → Murui Huitoto: vatarago

Further reading

• “guacharaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10