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Definition of Numida meleagris
1. Noun. A west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world.
Generic synonyms: Domestic Fowl, Fowl, Poultry
Group relationships: Genus Numida, Numida
Specialized synonyms: Guinea Hen
Terms within: Guinea Hen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Numida Meleagris
Literary usage of Numida meleagris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"numida meleagris J. numida meleagris, Linn. SN ip 273 (1766) ; Gmel. SN i. pt.
ii. p. 744 (1788); Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. ..."
2. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"THE GUINEA FOWL [numida meleagris, Linn.]. The guinea-fowl has a crop, the other
parts of the alimentary canal ure as in the swan; the ducts of the liver ..."
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