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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Tinamidae.

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  • Rhynchotus rufescens, a bird the size of a fowl, inhabiting the pampas, is perhaps the sweetest-voiced, and sings with great frequency.

    The Naturalist in La Plata 1881

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