‖ pauxi Ornith.
(ˈpɔːksɪ)
[a. Sp. pauxi, now pauji (ˈpauxi), a. Mexican pauxi (ˈpauʃi); in Pg. pawxi (ˈpauʃi), F. pauxi, mod.L. Pauxis. See also altered forms under powese.]
The Galeated Curassow (Pauxis galeata): see curassow.
| [1651 F. Hernandez Animal. Mexican. Hist. ccxxii, De Pauxi vocata ave.] 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Pauxi,..the name of an American bird. 1827 Griffith Cuvier's Anim. K. VIII. 119 It possesses all the characters of a genuine Pauxi. 1852 Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. II. xviii. 151 The pauxi and the guacharaca, which may be called the turkeys and pheasants of those countries. |