A genus of large game birds in the guan family, native to Central and South America, also called curassows.
From Latin/scientific nomenclature, possibly from Tupi or indigenous South American languages. This is a scientific taxonomic name for a bird family.
Crax is a perfect example of how science steals words from indigenous languages—these beautiful Central American birds kept their original names when scientists classified them!
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