tapaculo

• tapacolo

From Spanish tapaculo.

tapaculo (plural tapaculos)

1. Any of the family Rhinocryptidae of small suboscine passeriform birds found mainly in South America.

Verb-object compound, composed of tapa (“to cover”) +‎ culo (“ass/arse”), possibly as a reinterpretation of an onomatopoeia of its call.

• IPA^(key): /tapaˈkulo/ [t̪a.paˈku.lo]
• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: ta‧pa‧cu‧lo

tapaculo m (plural tapaculos)

1. tapaculo

• “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], 10 December 2024