hoatzin

noun

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

Roots

huactzinhoatzin- · Nahuatl · the hoatzin bird

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The word hoatzin breaks down into one root of Nahuatl origin: the root hoatzin, from Nahuatl huactzin (“the hoatzin bird”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.