Definition of TINAMOU

tinamou

Meanings

Plural: tinamous

Noun

  • heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
  • Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

partridge, tinamid, Tinamiformes

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