Meaning & use
Gallinaceous
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Relating to or belonging to the order of birds that includes chickens, turkeys, pheasants, and other heavy-bodied, ground-feeding fowl.
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Quail, grouse, and peacocks are all gallinaceous birds.
The reserve was established to protect several species of gallinaceous game birds.
A note on using this word
From the Latin 'gallina,' meaning hen; the term is standard vocabulary in ornithology and poultry science.
Words with a similar meaning
galliform
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