Definition of Jacana:

part of speech: noun

The Brazilian name for a bird found in most tropical countries, but most common in S. Amer., remarkable for the length of its toes, and for its wings being armed in front with sharp spurs.

Usage examples:

• As I looked, a small crocodile rose, splashed, and sank, sending terror among the gallinules, but arousing the spur- wing jacana to a high pitch of anger. William Beebe in "Edge of the Jungle".

• The bronze- winged jacana is a black bird with bronze wings. in "".

• The bronze- winged jacana does not grow these long tail feathers. in "".

• They are the pheasant- tailed and the bronze- winged jacana in "".