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Definition of Gallinaceous
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean.
Definition of Gallinaceous
1. a. Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.
Definition of Gallinaceous
1. Adjective. (zoology) related to the genus galina, poultry; notably said of the order Galliformes. ¹
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Definition of Gallinaceous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Gallinaceous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallinaceous
Literary usage of Gallinaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Game-bird Shooting by George Bird Grinnell (1910)
"The great systematist, Huxley, divided the gallinaceous birds into two groups,
... The English naturalists consider all the gallinaceous game birds which we ..."
2. A Text-book of Zoogeography by Frank Evers Beddard (1895)
"... and reference may be made to those places for further illustration of the
general fact. Distribution of the gallinaceous birds. The gallinaceous birds ..."
3. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Three eggs. Nest of weeds and drift on lily leaf floating in fresh water pond
near town. Collector, FB Armstrong. gallinaceous BIRDS. ... gallinaceous ..."
4. Memorial Edition of Thomas Bewick's Works by Thomas Bewick, Austin Dobson (1885)
"The characters of the gallinaceous tribes are well known : most of the species
are distinguished above all others for the whiteness of their flesh ..."
5. On the Genesis of Species by Saint George Jackson Mivart (1871)
"Mortality in young gallinaceous hybrids.—A bar to intermixture exists
somewhere.—Guinea-pigs.—Summary and conclusion. As was observed in the preceding ..."
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