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tinamou

ti·na·mou

UK/ˈtɪn.əˌmuː/ uncommon

noun

1.

heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds

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Origin

Borrowed from French tinamou, from Kari'na tinamú (“great tinamou”).

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