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tinamou


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tinamou  \Tin"a*mou\,  n.  [From  the  native  name:  cf  F.  tinamous.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  one  of  several  species  of  South  American  birds  belonging 
  to  {Tinamus}  and  allied  genera. 
 
  Note:  In  general  appearance  and  habits  they  resemble  grouse 
  and  partridges,  but  in  anatomical  characters  they  are 
  allied  to  the  ostriches  and  other  struthious  birds. 
  Their  wings  are  of  moderate  length,  and  they  are  able 
  to  fly  a  considerable  distance. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tinamou 
  n  :  heavy-bodied  small-winged  South  American  game  bird 
  resembling  a  gallinaceous  bird  but  related  to  the  ratite 
  birds  [syn:  {partridge}] 




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