Tinamou

[tinәmu:]

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

Typist: Vilma--From WordNet

(n.) Any one of several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus and allied genera.

Typed by Beryl

n. a South American genus of birds sometimes called partridges but really more akin to bustards and having affinities with the rhea and emu.

Edited by Joanne