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: any of various large gregarious neotropical birds (family Cracidae) that are chiefly arboreal forest-dwellers and that somewhat resemble turkeys
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Ground-foraging birds like guans can still hear the frogs’ calls.
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Lakshmi Supriya,
Science | AAAS,
26 Sep. 2017
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Lakshmi Supriya,
Science | AAAS,
26 Sep. 2017
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“Guan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guan. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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