Also cashew bird. [So called from the likeness of the blue knot on its forehead to the cashew-nut.] A West Indian name of the Galeated Curassow (Pauxis galeata).
1758. G. Edwards, Gleanings Nat. Hist., II. lxxxv. 182/1. The Cushew-Bird takes its name from the knob over its bill, which in shape much resembles an American nut called Cushew.
1852. Th. Ross, trans. Humboldt’s Trav., II. xviii. 172. The curassaos and cashew-birds.
