kamichi

K5A1M3I1C3H4I1

noun

A South American bird with a long, slender, horn-like ornament on its head and two sharp spurs on each wing, the horned screamer, Anhima cornuta.

OriginFrench kamichi →
Scrabble 18
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounkamichi (plural kamichis)

plural kamichis

  1. A South American bird with a long, slender, horn-like ornament on its head and two sharp spurs on each wing, the horned screamer, Anhima cornuta.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
horned screamer

Origin

  1. Frenchkamichi
  2. Englishkamichi

From French kamichi, from earlier kamityi. Borrowed from an indigenous language of the Caribbean.

More words from French

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan xahà banyut
  • xahà banyutAnhima cornuta
Dutch anioema
  • anioemaAnhima cornuta
French kamichi
  • kamichiAnhima cornuta
German Hornwehrvogel
  • HornwehrvogelAnhima cornuta
Portuguese anhuma
  • anhumaAnhima cornuta
Spanish aruco, camungo
  • arucoAnhima cornuta
  • camungoAnhima cornuta
Welsh sgrechwr corniog
  • sgrechwr corniogAnhima cornuta

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Michika
Cite this entry
APA

kamichi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamichi

MLA

“kamichi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamichi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kamichi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamichi.

Source: kamichi on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.