Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Gallinaceous birds — are heavy bodied ground feeding domestic or game birds, including grouse, ptarmigans, turkeys, pheasants, quail, partridges, fowl, chachalacas, and curassows – all in the order Galliformes. This order contains four families: family Tetraonidae… … Wikipedia
mound-bird — noun large footed short winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs • Syn: ↑megapode, ↑mound bird, ↑mound builder, ↑scrub fowl • Hypernyms: ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean … Useful english dictionary
game bird — noun any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport (Freq. 1) • Members of this Topic: ↑grouse, ↑quail, ↑pheasant • Hypernyms: ↑game, ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean … Useful english dictionary
mound bird — noun large footed short winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs • Syn: ↑megapode, ↑mound bird, ↑mound builder, ↑scrub fowl • Hypernyms: ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean … Useful english dictionary
Turkey bird — Turkey Tur key, n.; pl. {Turkeys}. [So called because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See {Turk}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus {Meleagris} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
columbiform bird — noun a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes • Hypernyms: ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean • Hyponyms: ↑dodo, ↑Raphus cucullatus, ↑solitaire, ↑Pezophaps solitaria, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
quail — quail1 quaillike, adj. /kwayl/, n., pl. quails, (esp. collectively) quail. 1. a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World. 2. any of several other birds of the genus Coturnix and allied genera. 3. any of… … Universalium
Comb (anatomy) — For other uses, see Coxcomb (disambiguation). A rooster with a large red comb. Anatomically, a comb is a fleshy growth, caruncle, or crest on the top of the head of gallinaceous birds, most notably turkeys, pheasants, and domestic chickens. Its… … Wikipedia
domestic fowl — noun a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl • Syn: ↑fowl, ↑poultry • Derivationally related forms: ↑fowl (for: ↑fowl) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
gal|li|na|cean — «GAL uh NAY shuhn», adjective, noun. –adj. = gallinaceous. (Cf. ↑gallinaceous) –n. a gallinaceous bird … Useful english dictionary
