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单词 tinamou
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Definition of tinamou in English:

tinamou

noun ˈtɪnəmuːˈtinəˌmo͞o
  • A ground-dwelling tropical American bird that looks somewhat like a grouse but is related to the ratites.

    (共鸟)科鸟类

    Family Tinamidae: several genera and many species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the early 1900's tinamous were raised as game birds in Europe and Canada.
    • 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.
    • However chickens are closely related to tinamous and the ratites by post-cranial anatomy, particularly the structure of the clavicle.
    • Thus, within the palaeognaths, tinamous are in South America, kiwis and moas extend across West Antarctica to New Zealand, and emus and cassowaries span East Antarctica to Australia.

Origin

Late 18th century: via French from Galibi tinamu.

Definition of tinamou in US English:

tinamou

nounˈtinəˌmo͞o
  • A ground-dwelling tropical American bird that looks somewhat like a grouse.

    (共鸟)科鸟类

    Family Tinamidae: several genera and many species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thus, within the palaeognaths, tinamous are in South America, kiwis and moas extend across West Antarctica to New Zealand, and emus and cassowaries span East Antarctica to Australia.
    • For example, ratites and tinamous have sole male incubation, but communal laying apparently occurs in only a few of these species.
    • In the early 1900's tinamous were raised as game birds in Europe and Canada.
    • 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.

Origin

Late 18th century: via French from Galibi tinamu.

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