Etymology

hoatzin

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Today it means: A bird of the species Opisthocomus hoazin of the order Opisthocomiformes, with claws on the wing fingers of the juvenile and an enlarged crop used as a rumen. Full definition →

Nahuatl huāctzin
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  1. Nahuatl · borrowed fromhuāctzin
  2. English todayhoatzin

From Nahuatl huāctzin (which probably designated a different bird).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.