GUAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guan mean? 

• GUAN (noun)
  The noun GUAN has 1 sense:

1. any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food

  Familiarity information: GUAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("guan" is a kind of...):

gallinacean; gallinaceous bird (heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guan"):

piping guan (a kind of guan)

Holonyms ("guan" is a member of...):

Cracidae; family Cracidae (curassows; guans; chachalacas)