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Webster 1913 Edition


Crypturi


Cryp-tu′ri

(krĭp-tū′rī)
,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κρυπτόσ
hidden +
οὐρά
tail.]
(Zool.)
An order of flying, dromæognathous birds, including the tinamous of South America. See
Tinamou
.