Definitions for guacharos

guacharos gua·cha·ro

Spelling: [gwah-chuh-roh]
IPA: /ˈgwɑ tʃəˌroʊ/

Guacharos is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 366 anagrams from letters in guacharos (aacghorsu).

Definitions for guacharos

noun

  1. a nocturnal, fruit-eating, South American bird, Steatornis caripensis, the young of which yield an oil derived from their fat.

Origin of guacharos

Borrowed into English from American Spanish around 1820-30

Examples for guacharos

In habits the guacharo is wholly nocturnal, slumbering by day in deep and dark caverns which it frequents in vast numbers.

One afternoon we made an attempt on the other guacharo cave, which lies in the cliff on the landward side of the Monos Boca.

The following morning early we rowed away again, full of longing, but not of hope, of reaching one or other of the guacharo caves.

This fat is known by the name of butter or oil (manteca or aceite) of the guacharo.

To go down into the guacharo signifies in their language to die.

We could see into and through the gap in Huevos, through which we had tried to reach the guacharo cave.

Word Value for guacharos
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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