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nounany of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as foodtype of:
Definition that contains guan
- c a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
- penelope a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)
- ortega Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945)
- canton a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
- guangzhou a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
- uta a reptile genus of Iguanidae
- vicuna small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat
- contras a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States
- alpaca domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco
- cytosine a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine