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Definition of Tinamous
1. tinamou [n] - See also: tinamou
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinamous
Literary usage of Tinamous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"Ant Thrushes.—Parrot of the Sun. —Aras, or Macaws.—Bitterns.—Egret,-Herons,
etc.—Goatsuckers.— Whip-poor-Will.—Superstitions.—tinamous. ..."
2. Sporting Sketches in South America by Sir William Robert Kennedy (1892)
"The family of tinamous. •—Shooting-match.—Kindness of the Native Estancieros.— Different
kinds of Sport:—The Battue, Snipe-shooting, Punt-shooting, ..."
3. Sporting Sketches in South America by William Robert Kennedy (1892)
"The family of tinamous. —Shooting-match.—Kindness of the Native Estancieros.— Different
kinds of Sport:—The Battue, Snipe-shooting, Punt-shooting, ..."
4. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1895)
"51, 1885) has emphasized the many Struthious characters of the tinamous. ...
43) says that " the tinamous appear to form a link between the Gallina and the ..."
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