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单词 tinamou
释义

tinamou

/ˈtɪnəmuː /
noun
A ground-dwelling tropical American bird that looks somewhat like a grouse but is related to the ratites.
  • Family Tinamidae: several genera and many species.
However chickens are closely related to tinamous and the ratites by post-cranial anatomy, particularly the structure of the clavicle....
  • Cracids have also been noted to consume eggs of pigeons, hummingbirds and tinamous.
  • For example, ratites and tinamous have sole male incubation, but communal laying apparently occurs in only a few of these species.

Origin

Late 18th century: via French from Galibi tinamu.

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