tataupas

Noun

tataupa (plural tataupas)

1. A South American tinamou (Crypturellus tataupa).
   • Psophia and palamedea species also aid in feeding these Indians, as likewise tataupas, ypacahas, yahamis, mbatuitis, and chloritos forms. They eat nearly every feathered creature, however, from a gull upward, deriving great advantages ...1901, “United States of Brazil: A geographical sketch”, in Bureau of the American Republics, Washington, D.C., page 52