Cu-rās'sōw, n.

n. (Ornith.) A family of birds belonging to the order Gallinæ.

The true curassow has a short, compressed bill, much arched from the base, and the orbits and the cheeks are more or less naked. The crested curassow (Crax alector) is about the size of a small hen-turkey, with a deep-black plumage, with a slight gloss of green, and has a crest of curled feathers capable of being raised or depressed at will; it is a native of Mexico, Guiana, and Brazil. Baird.