Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Curassow /(k?-r?s"s?)/ · Cu·ras·sow · IPA /kjʊərəˌsəʊ/ 01 n. A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidæ. 1. A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidæ.(Zool.)