The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TINAMOU
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More clues leading to the result TINAMOU
- Bird caught in a mountain, wings clipped
- SA bird forming part of nest in a mound
- game bird
- Bird caught in a mousetrap!
- Partridge-like bird some eat in a mouthful
- Meat in a mouse is more than enough for this bird
- Second person in Paris to catch early bird
- Partridge found in Argentina mountains
- Partridge, naïve at first, escapes from mountain somehow
- Ornithologist in a mountain provides shelter for a bird
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What does TINAMOU mean?
TINAMOU noun- Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.