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hoatzin

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈwætsɪn/
  • UK: /ˈwætsiːn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈwɑːtsɪn/
  • US: /ˈwɑːtsiːn/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A bird of the species Opisthocomus hoazin of the order Opisthocomiformes, with claws on the wing fingers of the juvenile and an enlarged crop used as a rumen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hoactzin, stinkbird, Opisthocomus hoazin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gallinaceous bird, gallinacean

History

Etymology

From Nahuatl huāctzin (which probably designated a different bird).

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هواتزين (hawatizin) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Asturian: hoatzín — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Bashkir: гоацин (goatsin) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Bulgarian: хоацин (hoacin) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Catalan: hoatzín — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 麝雉 (shèzhì) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Cofán: shashamba — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Czech: hoacin — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Esperanto: hoacino — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Esperanto: opistokomo — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Finnish: hoatsin — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • French: hoazin — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • French: sassa — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Galician: hoatzín — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Georgian: ჰოაცინი (hoacini) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • German: Hoatzin — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Greek: οασίν (oasín) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Greek: οατσίν (oatsín) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Guanano: dia tjʉ̃tʉ — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Guianese Creole: sassa — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Hungarian: hoacin — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Hungarian: búbostyúk — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Italian: hoatzin — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Japanese: ツメバケイ (tsumebakei) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Kannada: ಹೋಟ್ಜೆನ್ (hōṭjen) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Kazakh: гоацин (goasin) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Korean: 호아친 (hoachin) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Lithuanian: hoacinas — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Macedonian: хоаци́н (hoacín) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Malayalam: ഹോറ്റ്സിൻ (hōṟṟsiṉ) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Navajo: tsídiiłchxoní — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Polish: hoacyn — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Polish: kośnik czubaty — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Portuguese: cigana — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Quechua: shanshu — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Quechua: shasha — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Russian: гоаци́н (goacín) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Serbo-Croatian: хоа̀цӣн — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Serbo-Croatian: hoàcīn — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Slovak: hoacín — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Slovene: hoacin — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Spanish: hoacín — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Spanish: hoatzín — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Spanish: chenchena — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Spanish: shansho — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Spanish: guacharaca de agua — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Spanish: pava hedionda — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Ukrainian: гоацин (hoacyn) — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin
  • Welsh: hoatsin — bird, Opisthocomus hoazin