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GALLINACEOUS: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  `galu'neyshus

Matching Terms:  gallinaceous bird

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  relating to or resembling a fowl
 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gal`li*na"ceous\, a.[L. gallinaceus, fr. gallina
hen, fr. gallus cock.] (Zo["o]l.)
Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining
to the Gallinae.
 

 

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