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tapaculo

tapaculo noun: any member of the family Rhinocryptidae of small suboscine passeriform birds found mainly in South America.

tapaculo: any member of the family Rhinocryptidae of small suboscine passeriform birds found mainly in South...
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Noun

tapaculo (plural tapaculos)

  1. Any member of the family Rhinocryptidae of small suboscine passeriform birds found mainly in South America.

Forms of tapaculo

pluraltapaculos
alternative formtapacolo

Origin of tapaculo

From Spanish tapaculo.

Questions about tapaculo

What does tapaculo mean?
Tapaculo means any member of the family Rhinocryptidae of small suboscine passeriform birds found mainly in South America.
What part of speech is tapaculo?
Tapaculo is a noun.
What is the plural of tapaculo?
The plural of tapaculo is tapaculos.

Words near tapaculo in the dictionary

  1. Tapachula
  2. Tapachultec
  3. Tapachulteca
  4. tapacolo
  5. tapacolos
  6. tapaculo
  7. tapaculos
  8. Tapacura
  9. tapadera
  10. tapaderas
  11. tapadero

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