kamichi

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See Chaja, and Screamer
It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing
A curious South American bird (Anhima, or Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey
Called also horned screamer
The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja
Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres)