tapaculo
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapaculo (plural tapaculos)
- Any of a family (Rhinocryptidae) of small suboscine passeriform birds found mainly in South America.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of tapa (“to cover”) + culo (“ass/arse”), possibly as a reinterpretation of an onomatopoeia of its call.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapaculo m (plural tapaculos)
Further reading
[edit]- “tapaculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- en:Suboscines
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ulo
- Rhymes:Spanish/ulo/4 syllables
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- es:Suboscines