ˌmärt ə nˈād.ə, -ˈēd.ə noun
( -s )
Etymology: American Spanish, probably from Spanish martinete night heron, probably after Saint Martin (San Martín ) around whose feast day the night herons migrate; from the similarity of the crests of the night heron and the martineta
: an Argentine tinamou ( Eudromias elegans ) with a long slender crest