tapaculo
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Scelorchilus_albicollis_1847.jpg/220px-Scelorchilus_albicollis_1847.jpg)
Alternative forms
[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.
Noun
[edit]tapaculo m (plural tapaculos)
Further reading
[edit]- “tapaculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014