Cu·ras·sow n.  Zool. A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidæ.
 Note: ☞ The crested curassow (Crax alector) is black, and about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird (Ourax Pauxi) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow, blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.
 ◄ ►