Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the Gallinaceæ.
  • noun One of the Gallinaceæ, Gallinacei, or Gallinæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds

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