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单词 tinamou
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tinamou

noun

tin·​a·​mou ˈti-nə-ˌmü How to pronounce tinamou (audio)
: any of a family (Tinamidae) of South and Central American ground-dwelling birds that have a deeply keeled sternum and a rudimentary tail and that produce large glossy usually colorful eggs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Panguana’s name comes from the local word for the undulated tinamou, a species of ground bird common to the Amazon basin. New York Times, 18 June 2021

Word History

Etymology

French, from Carib tinamu

First Known Use

circa 1783, in the meaning defined above

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