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tinamou

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɪn.əˌmuː/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: partridge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: game bird

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: тинаму (tinamu) — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Catalan: tinamú — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Chinese Cantonese: 䳍 /𮭥 (gung1) — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Chinese Mandarin: 䳍 /𮭥 (gōng) — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Finnish: tinami — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • French: tinamou — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Italian: tinamo — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Navajo: hodíłchʼiltah naaʼahóóhai — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Polish: kusacz — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Portuguese: inambu — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Portuguese: tinamu — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Portuguese: macuco — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Quechua: yuthu — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Romanian: tinamu — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Russian: тинаму́ (tinamú) — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Spanish: tinamú — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Swedish: tinamo — bird of the family Tinamidae
  • Welsh: tinamŵ — bird of the family Tinamidae