order Galliformes

order Galliformes
noun
pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins
Syn: ↑Galliformes
Hypernyms: ↑animal order
Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves
Member Meronyms:

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