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Guinea-fowl definition

gĭnē-foul
Any of several pheasantlike birds of the family Numididae native to Africa, especially a widely domesticated species (Numida meleagris) having blackish plumage marked with many small white spots.
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Any of several pheasantlike birds of the family Numididae native to Africa, especially a widely domesticated species (Numida meleagris) having blackish plumage marked with many small white spots.
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Any of a family (Numididae) of gallinaceous African birds with a featherless head, rounded body, and dark feathers spotted with white, esp. the widespread domesticated species (Numida meleagris)
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Any of several African birds of the family Numididae (6 species) resembling partridges.
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Attributive form of guinea fowl, noun.

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Noun

Singular:
guinea-fowl
Plural:
guinea-fowls

Origin of guinea-fowl

  • After the Guinea coast of Africa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • After the Guinea coast of Africa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Guinea-fowl Sentence Examples

  • The fauna includes the elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, giraffe, lion, leopard, cheetah, roan-antelope, hartebeeste, kudu and many other kinds of antelope, wart-hog, hares, quail, partridge, jungle-fowl, bustard and guinea-fowl.

  • The guinea-fowl, however, has long been in this condition in Jamaica and St Helena, and the fowl in Hawaii and other Polynesian islands.

  • Great numbers of eagles, vultures, hawks, bustards and other birds of prey are met with; and partridges, duck, teal, guinea-fowl, sand-grouse, curlews, woodcock, snipe, pigeons, thrushes and swallows are very plentiful.

  • The birds most common are bush-fowl, bustards, guinea-fowl, quail, pigeon and sand-grouse.

  • The weaver birds and their allies, including the long-tailed whydahs, are abundant, as are, among game-birds, the francolin and guinea-fowl.

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