Tin'a-mou, n.

noun

n. [The native name.] (Ornith.) One of a family of rasorial or gallinaceous birds peculiar to South America. The great tinamou is about fifteen inches long, of a deep olive color, slightly and narrowly banded with black, with crown red, and secondaries red and black. It is found in Guiana and Brazil. See TINAMUS.

An engraved illustration of a long-legged bird standing among grasses and leafy plants.