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