Guacharo definition
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Origin of guacharo
- American Spanish guácharo from guacho vagabond from Quechua wakcha, wahcha poor person, orphan (the bird perhaps being so called because of its plaintive cries)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Compare Spanish sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird.
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