ORTALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ortalis mean? 

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

1. chachalacas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORTALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chachalacas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Ortalis; Ortalis

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Ortalis"):

chachalaca (slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds)

Ortilis vetula macalli; Texas chachalaca (of Mexico and Texas)

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

Cracidae; family Cracidae (curassows; guans; chachalacas)