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TINAMOU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tinamou mean?
• TINAMOU (noun)
The noun TINAMOU has 1 sense:
1. heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
Familiarity information: TINAMOU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
partridge; tinamou
Hypernyms ("tinamou" is a kind of...):
game bird (any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport)
Holonyms ("tinamou" is a member of...):
family Tinamidae; Tinamidae (comprising the tinamous)
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