tinamou
Plural: tinamous
Noun
- A South American game bird resembling a partridge.
- heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
- 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.
Examples
- Scoring with TINAMOU was a rare avian bingo, much to his opponent’s chagrin.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French tinamou, from Kari'na inamu (“great tinamou”).
Scrabble Score: 9
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tinamou: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
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