tinamou
Noun. 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to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder ''Paleognathae''.This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
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