guacharo Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter
    Steatornis caripensis; oilbird.

WordNet

Gua*cha"ro noun
Etymology
Cf. Sp. guácharo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird. ✍ It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted from the young by the natives.

Webster 1913