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Definition of Jungle fowl
1. Noun. Small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl.
Generic synonyms: Gallinacean, Gallinaceous Bird
Group relationships: Gallus, Genus Gallus
Specialized synonyms: Jungle Cock, Jungle Hen, Gallus Gallus, Red Jungle Fowl
Definition of Jungle fowl
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of junglefowl) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jungle Fowl
Literary usage of Jungle fowl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"THE ORIGIN OF DOMESTIC FOWL CB DAVENPORT Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, NY IT
is commonly stated that the jungle fowl (Callus ..."
2. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1863)
"A larger variety of jungle fowl, or perhaps a distinct species, is found on the
continent of India, which closely resembles the Black-breasted Game breed of ..."
3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"... and sparsely cultivated tracts ; four kinds of partridges are met with, but
not plentifully. There are a few pheasants and jungle fowl near Murree. ..."
4. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"The Jungle-fowl upon the knoll theie, Whose name is called the milk-white
Jungle-fowl, Whose name is called the Jungle decoy-fowl. By strange Malays who >et ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"Starting with the jungle- fowl and the Aseel, we can write an intelligible history
of the domestic fowl, but we could hardly do it if we started with the ..."
6. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"Bed jungle fowl. „ sonneratii, Temm., Grey „ „ _ ... south of the Himalaya in
British India and Ceylon, unless the different jungle-fowl be so designated. ..."
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