mutumn.
/ˈmjuːtəm/, U.S. /ˈmjudəm/ Any of various curassows; esp. the razor-billed curassow, Mitu tuberosa.
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1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. ii. 112 We were amused at the excessive..tameness of a fine Mutum or Curassow turkey.
1879 Scribner's Monthly July 366/2 He entices hunters away by imitating the call of a mutum or a partridge.
1933 P. Fleming Brazilian Adventure i. xvi. 137 Sometimes we got a mutum, a big black and white turkey with a speckled crest.
1977 C. Wagley Welcome of Tears iii. 67 Other informants said that certain meats, such as the mutum and wild goose, carry eangwurup (epilepsy).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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