guacharaca
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]guacharaca (plural guacharacas)
- A bird, Ortalis ruficauda.
- Synonyms: cocrico, rufous-vented chachalaca
- (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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Cumanagoto language.
Noun
[edit]guacharaca f (plural guacharacas)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Murui Huitoto: vatarago
Further reading
[edit]- “guacharaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28