opisthocome Ornith.
(əʊˈpɪsθəʊkəʊm)
[ad. mod.L. Opisthocomus, ad. Gr. ὀπισθόκοµος wearing the hair long behind, f. opistho- + κόµη hair.]
The bird Opisthocomus hoazin (O. cristatus), characterized by an occipital crest of feathers; the hoactzin. So opisthocomine (əʊpɪsˈθɒkəmaɪn), opisˈthocomous adjs., allied in character to the hoactzin; having an occipital crest.
| [1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 763 Opisthocomus has a size about equal to the chachalaca of our Texan border.] Ibid. 764 No fossil forms of opisthocomine birds are known. |