goura

Etymology

From one or more of the languages of New Guinea. The oldest use in the scientific literature, as a French word, may be a plate caption "La Goura de la nouvelle Guinée" in Pierre Sonnerat's Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinée. The spelling Goüra also appears in the 19th century.

goura means any of several crested ground-dwelling pigeons, of the genus Goura, from New Guinea. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.

noun

Any of several crested ground-dwelling pigeons, of the genus Goura, from New Guinea