tamis bird

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tamis bird - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tamis \Tam"is\, n. [F., a kind of sieve.]
     1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.
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     2. The cloth itself; tammy.
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     Tamis bird (Zool.), a Guinea fowl.
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