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Definition of Gallinacean
1. Noun. Heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds.
Generic synonyms: Bird
Group relationships: Galliformes, Order Galliformes
Specialized synonyms: Domestic Fowl, Fowl, Poultry, Gallina, Jungle Fowl, Agriocharis Ocellata, Ocellated Turkey, Guan, Curassow, Chachalaca, Megapode, Mound Bird, Mound Builder, Mound-bird, Scrub Fowl, Hoactzin, Hoatzin, Opisthocomus Hoazin, Stinkbird, Columbiform Bird, Game Bird
Terms within: Cockscomb, Comb, Coxcomb
Definition of Gallinacean
1. n. One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds.
Definition of Gallinacean
1. Noun. (zoology) One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Gallinacean
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallinacean
Literary usage of Gallinacean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1866)
"... vast animal spirits and their four black hats, with their frequent black
feathers, to provide which many a gallinacean fowl must have gone tailless. ..."
2. The Poultry Book: Comprising the Breading and Management of Profitable and by William Bernhard Tegetmeier (1867)
"The toy terrier and the gigantic St. Bernard are as diverse as any two gallinacean
varieties. Such being the conclusions arrived at by the most eminent ..."
3. Codex Fejérváry-Mayer: An Old Mexican Picture Manuscript in the Liverpool by Eduard Seler, Joseph Florimond Loubat, Augustus Henry Keane, Liverpool Museum (Liverpool, England) (1902)
"The agreement also extends to the face, which looks out of the bill of a bird
apparently of the gallinacean family. She also shows on her cheek the little ..."
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