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What (who) is jacana - definition
Jacana
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Jaçana; Jacanas; Jaçanas; Jaçanã; Gicana; Jacana (disambiguation)
·noun Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also surgeon bird.
jacana
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Jaçana; Jacanas; Jaçanas; Jaçanã; Gicana; Jacana (disambiguation)
['d?ak?n?]
(also jacana ?d?as?'n?:)
¦ noun a small tropical wading bird with greatly elongated toes and claws that enable it to walk on floating vegetation. [Family Jacanidae: several species.]
Origin
C18: from Port. jacana, from Tupi-Guarani jasana.
Jacana (genus)
GENUS OF BIRDS
Jacana is the genus comprising the two jacanas of the Americas: the northern jacana, Jacana spinosa, and the wattled jacana, Jacana jacana.
